Numbers 21:29:2Num.21.29.W2TAB

מוֹאָ֔ב

moav

Moab

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

Meaning by language

English
Moab

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Result
מוֹ + אָ֔ב
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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    mo-AV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    OY-le-KHA mo-AV

  3. clause

    OY-le-KHA mo-AV a-vad-TA am-ke-MOSH

  4. sentence

    OY-le-KHA mo-AV a-vad-TA am-ke-MOSH na-TAN ba-NAV ple-TIM u-ve-no-TAV ba-she-VIT le-MELEKH e-mo-RI si-HON

Exegesis

The verse opens with the interjection oy-lekha {אוֹי־לְךָ | ʾōy-lə-khā} ‘woe-to-you’, directly addressing the proper noun moav {מוֹאָב | mō-ʾāḇ} ‘Moab’ and setting a lament tone.

In contextNumbers 21:29

Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, people of Chemosh ; he has given his sons as fugitives and his daughters into captivity to Sihon, king of the Amorites.

About this coordinate

Numbers 21:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 21:29, so the Hebrew word מוֹאָ֔ב (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 Num.21.29.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.29.W2.S1) and character.