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Giveתְּנוּwingsצִיץto Moab,לְמוֹאָבforכִּיflyingנָצֹאshe will go out;תֵּצֵאand her citiesוְעָרֶיהָwill becomeתִהְיֶינָהa horror,לְשַׁמָּהwith no oneמֵאֵיןdwellingיוֹשֵׁבin them.בָּהֵן
Jeremiah 48:9
Study it in the app“Give wings to Moab, for flying she will go out; and her cities will become a horror, with no one dwelling in them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 48:9, word by word
- Giveתְּנוּtenu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tenu” appears- wingsצִיץtsits
wing
What lets a bird fly; here, what would carry Moab off in flight.
Where else “tsits” appears- to Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- flyingנָצֹאnatso
fly away
To fly away, to leave in haste.
Where else “natso” appears- she will go outתֵּצֵאtetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tetse” appears- and her citiesעָרֶיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- will becomeתִהְיֶינָהtihyena
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tihyena” appears- a horrorשַׁמָּהshama
horror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appears- dwellingיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- in themהֵןhen
they (feminine)
They (feminine); those.
Where else “hen” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew word translated “wings” here usually means “flower”; the sense of this verse is doubtful.
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
8And the devastator will come to every city, and no city will escape; and the valley will perish, and the plain will be destroyed, as YHWH has said.
9 · This verse (above)
10Cursed is the one who does the work of YHWH negligently, and cursed is the one who holds back his sword from blood.