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Woeאוֹיto you,לְךָMoab!מוֹאָבYou have perished,אָבַדְתָּpeopleעַםof Chemosh!כְּמוֹשׁHe has givenנָתַןhis sonsבָּנָיוas fugitives,פְּלֵיטִםand his daughtersוּבְנֹתָיוinto captivity,בַּשְּׁבִיתto the kingלְמֶלֶךְof the Amorites,אֱמֹרִיSihon.סִיחוֹן
Numbers 21:29
Study it in the app“Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to the king of the Amorites, Sihon.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 21:29, 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- You have perishedאָבַדְתָּavadta
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avadta” appears- peopleעַםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- of Chemoshכְּמוֹשׁkemosh
Chemosh
Chemosh, the god of the Moabites. The name means "the mighty one."
Where else “kemosh” appears- He has givenנָתַןnatan
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “natan” appears- his sonsבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears- as fugitivesפְּלֵיטִםpeletim
fugitive, survivor
Fugitive, survivor: someone who escaped from a battle or a disaster.
Where else “peletim” appears- and his daughtersבְנֹתָיvenotay
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venotay” appears- into captivityשְּׁבִיתshevit
captive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevit” appears- to the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of the Amoritesאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- Sihonסִיחוֹןsichon
Sihon
Sihon, king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon. The name means "stormy."
Where else “sichon” appears
Translation note
Chemosh was the god of Moab (1 Kings 11:7). The poem says that he “has given” his sons as fugitives and his daughters into captivity.
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
28For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the town of Sihon; it consumed Ar of Moab, the lords of the high places of the Arnon.
29 · This verse (above)
30But we shot them down; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon, and we laid waste as far as Nophah, which reaches as far as Medeba.”