2 Kings 13:20:52 Kgs.13.20.W5TAB
מוֹאָ֛ב
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
u-ge-du-DE mo-AV
- clause
u-ge-du-DE mo-AV ya-VO-u va-A-rets BA sha-NA
- sentence
va-ya-MAT e-li-SHA va-yik-be-RU-hu u-ge-du-DE mo-AV ya-VO-u va-A-rets BA sha-NA
Exegesis
The construct ugdudei moav {וּגְדוּדֵי מוֹאָב | ugĕdûḏē mō’āḇ} ‘bands of Moab’ specifies the raiders.
Root and etymology
מ־א־ב
“from father”
In context — 2 Kings 13:20
And Elisha died, and they buried him. And bands of Moab entered the land at the coming of the year.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 13:20, so the Hebrew word מוֹאָ֛ב (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 2 Kgs.13.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.20.W5.S1) and character.