Numbers 22:1:6Num.22.1.W6TAB
מוֹאָ֔ב
moav
“Moab”
- Transliteration
- mo-AV
- Extended
- moh-AAHV
- 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
be-ar-VOT mo-AV
- clause
va-ya-kha-NU be-ar-VOT mo-AV me-E-ver le-yar-DEN ye-re-KHO
- sentence
va-yis-U be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-ya-kha-NU be-ar-VOT mo-AV me-E-ver le-yar-DEN ye-re-KHO
Exegesis
The spatial phrase bə-ʿărāḇōṯ mōʾāv {בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹת מוֹאָ֔ב | bə-ʿărāḇōṯ mōʾāv} ‘in the plains of Moab’ uses a preposition plus plural construct noun and genitive to specify topography.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–aleph–bet
“of a father”
In context — Numbers 22:1
And the sons of Israel journeyed on and set up camp in the plains of Moab , beyond the Jordan opposite Jericho .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:1, 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.22.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.1.W6.S1) and character.