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Terrorפַּחַדand pitוָפַחַתand snareוָפָחare upon you,עָלֶיךָinhabitantיוֹשֵׁבof Moab,מוֹאָבdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Jeremiah 48:43
Study it in the app“Terror and pit and snare are upon you, inhabitant of Moab, declares YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 48:43, word by word
- Terrorפַּחַדpachad
dread, terror
Dread, terror, sudden fear. "The Fear of Isaac" is a name for God: the one who is revered with awe.
Where else “pachad” appears- and pitפַחַתfachat
pit
Pit, hole; sometimes one dug to trap animals. Also a hollow where someone can hide (2 Samuel 17:9). In the prophets it is an image of a danger with no escape.
Where else “fachat” appears- and snareפָחfach
snare
A bird trap; a hidden danger.
Where else “fach” appears- inhabitantיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- 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
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
42And Moab will be destroyed from being a people, for against YHWH he has made himself great.
43 · This verse (above)
44The one who flees from before the terror will fall into the pit, and the one who climbs up out of the pit will be caught in the snare; for I will bring upon her, upon Moab, the year of their punishment, declares YHWH.