Numbers 22:3:2Num.22.3.W2TAB

מוֹאָ֜ב

moav

Moab

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

Meaning by language

English
Moab

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Result
מוֹ + אָ֜ב
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

    va-yi-GAR mo-AV

  3. clause

    va-yi-GAR mo-AV mip-NEI ha-AM me-OD KI rav-HU

  4. sentence

    va-yi-GAR mo-AV mip-NEI ha-AM me-OD KI rav-HU va-yi-KATs mo-AV mip-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The verse uses two sequential vav-consecutive imperfect verbs vayyagar {וַיָּ֨גָר | wayyāḡār} “and he feared” and vayyakatz {וַיָּ֣קָץ | wayyāqaṣ} “and he loathed,” both with moav {מוֹאָב | mōʾāv} as subject.

Root and etymology

Rootmem–aleph–bet

of a father

In contextNumbers 22:3

And Moab was greatly afraid of the people because they were many, and Moab was sickened because of the sons of Israel.

About this coordinate

Numbers 22:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 22:3, so the Hebrew word מוֹאָ֜ב (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.22.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.3.W2.S1) and character.