Isaiah 15:9:10Isa.15.9.W10TAB

מוֹאָב֙

moav

Moab

Transliteration
mo-AV
Extended
moh-AAV
IPA
/moːˈʔaːv/

Meaning by language

English
Moab

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Result
מוֹ + אָב֙
mo + av
moav

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    mo-AV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lif-lei-TAT mo-AV

  3. clause

    lif-lei-TAT mo-AV ar-YE ve-lish-e-RIT a-da-MA

  4. sentence

    KI MEI di-MON ma-le-U DAM ki-a-SHIT al-di-MON no-sa-FOT lif-lei-TAT mo-AV ar-YE ve-lish-e-RIT a-da-MA

Exegesis

Parallel prepositional phrases liphlēṭāṯ Môʾāv {לִפְלֵיטַת מוֹאָב | liph-lê-ṭāṯ mô-ʾā-v} ‘for those who escape from Moab’ and wə-lišērît ʾădāmāh {וְלִשְׁאֵרִית אֲדָמָה | wə-li-šê-rîṯ ʾă-dā-māh} ‘and for the remnant of the land’ specify the groups subject to judgment, while the noun ʾăryēh {אַרְיֵה | ʾăr-yē(h)} ‘lion’ personifies divine retribution. The Hebrew parallelism and escalation underscore the intensity of the pronouncement.

In contextIsaiah 15:9

For the waters of Dimon are full of blood, yet I will bring more upon Dimon: a lion upon those who escape from Moab and upon the remnant of the land.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 15:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 15:9, so the Hebrew word מוֹאָב֙ (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 Isa.15.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.9.W10.S1) and character.