1 Samuel 22:3:51 Sam.22.3.W5TAB
מוֹאָ֑ב
moav
“Moab”
- Transliteration
- mo-AV
- Extended
- moh-AAV
- IPA
- /moːˈʔaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- Moab
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mo-AV
- phraseyour reading level
mits-PE mo-AV
- clause
va-YE-lekh da-VID mi-SHAM mits-PE mo-AV
- sentence
va-YE-lekh da-VID mi-SHAM mits-PE mo-AV va-YO-mer el-ME-lekh mo-AV ye-TSE-NA a-VI ve-im-MI it-te-KHEM AD a-SHER e-DA ma-ya-a-SE-LI e-lo-HIM
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-b
“father”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:3
And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab, and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother stay with you until I know what God will do for me.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 22:3, so the Hebrew word מוֹאָ֑ב (moav) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.22.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.3.W5.S1) and character.