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And Moabוְ מוֹאָבwill be destroyedנִשְׁמַדfrom being a people,מֵעָםforכִּיagainst YHWHעַל יְהוָהhe has made himself great.הִגְדִּיל
Jeremiah 48:42
Study it in the app“And Moab will be destroyed from being a people, for against YHWH he has made himself great.”
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Jeremiah 48:42, word by word
- And Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- will be destroyedנִשְׁמַדnishmad
destroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “nishmad” appears- from being a peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- against YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- he has made himself greatהִגְדִּילhigdil
exalt oneself
To exalt oneself proudly.
Where else “higdil” appears
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
41The towns are captured, and the strongholds are seized; and the heart of the mighty men of Moab will be in that day like the heart of a woman in distress.
42 · This verse (above)
43Terror and pit and snare are upon you, inhabitant of Moab, declares YHWH.