Numbers 22:21:8Num.22.21.W8TAB

מוֹאָֽב׃

moav

Moab

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

Meaning by language

English
Moab

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Result
מוֹ + אָֽב׃
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

    im-sa-REI mo-AV

  3. clause

    va-ye-LEKH im-sa-REI mo-AV

  4. sentence

    va-ya-KAM bil-AM ba-BO-ker va-ya-kha-VOSH et-a-to-NO va-ye-LEKH im-sa-REI mo-AV

Exegesis

Finally, the construct ʿim-sarê Mōʾāḇ {עִם־שָׂרֵ֥י מוֹאָֽב | ʿim-sarê Mōʾāḇ} ‘with the officials of Moab’ is expressed in English with the preposition “with” plus a noun phrase to convey accompaniment.

Root and etymology

m-ʾ-bmem-aleph-bet

from father

In contextNumbers 22:21

And Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey , and he went with the officials of Moab .

About this coordinate

Numbers 22:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 22:21, so the Hebrew word מוֹאָֽב׃ (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.22.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.21.W8.S1) and character.