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Woeאוֹיto you,לְךָMoab!מוֹאָבThe peopleעַםof Chemoshכְּמוֹשׁhas perished,אָבַדforכִּיyour sonsבָנֶיךָhave been takenלֻקְּחוּinto captivity,בַּשֶּׁבִיand your daughtersוּבְנֹתֶיךָinto captivity.בַּשִּׁבְיָה
Jeremiah 48:46
Study it in the app“Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh has perished, for your sons have been taken into captivity, and your daughters into captivity.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 48:46, word by word
- Woeאוֹיoy
woe, alas
Woe! A cry of lament or a warning of disaster.
Where else “oy” appears- Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- The peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- of Chemoshכְּמוֹשׁkemosh
Chemosh
Chemosh, the god of the Moabites. The name means "the mighty one."
Where else “kemosh” appears- has perishedאָבַדavad
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avad” appears- your sonsבָנֶיvane
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vane” appears- have been takenלֻקְּחוּlukchu
seize
To take away, seize.
Where else “lukchu” appears- into captivityשֶּׁבִיshevi
captive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appears- and your daughtersבְנֹתֶיvenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appears- into captivityשִּׁבְיָהshivya
captivity, captives
Captivity; also the group of captives.
Where else “shivya” 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
45In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stood without strength; for fire went out from Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and it consumed the temple of Moab and the crown of the sons of tumult.
46 · This verse (above)
47But I will bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, declares YHWH. Thus far the judgment of Moab.