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title: מוֹאָב — Moab · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוֹאָב (4124), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 180 times: Moab. BDB 1906: n.pr. gent. et terr. Moab. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹאָב

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«מוֹאָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Moab** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 180 times · **Key:** 4124 · **BDB:** מוֹאָב

### Glosses

of.Moab (107); Moab (70); O.Moab (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Moab [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4124/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. gent. et terr. Moab [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4124/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. gent. et terr. Moab (MI 1, 2, 5, 6, 12, 20 מאב; Assyrian Maʾaba, Maʾbu, Muʾâba, etc., Schr COT Gloss., and on Gn 19, 37 DlPar. 294 f., 296;—on etym. cf. LagBN 90 Anm., NeSK 1892, 573, GrayProp. N. 25);—מו׳ Gn 19:37 + 178 times; מֹאָב 2 S 8:12; 𝔊 Μωαβ;— Moab as son of Lot by his elder daughter according to Gn 19:37. Moab: = nation of which Lot’s son is represented as ancestor Gn 19:37 Nu 21:29; 22:3(×2) Am 2:1, 2 Je 48:1, 2 + 30 times Je 48 + often; having a king, Nu 21:26; 22:4, 10 Ju 3:12 1 S 12:9 +. = territory of Moab Nu 21:11, 13(×2), 15 +; שְׂדֵה מ׳ †Gn 36:25 Nu 15:20 Ru 1:1, 2, 6(×2), 22; 2:6; 4:3 1 Ch 1:46; 8:8; אֶרֶץ מ׳ †Dt 1:5; 28:69; 32:49; 34:5, 6 Ju 11:15, 18(×2) Je 48:24, 33; מִדְבַּר מ׳ †Dt 2:8; עַרְבוֹת מ׳ †Nu 22:1; 26:3, 63; 31:12; 33:48, 49, 50; 35:1; 36:13; Dt 34:1, 8 Jos 13:32.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 46 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוֹאָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4124/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 48:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.4/)

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נִשְׁבְּרָ֖ה מוֹאָ֑ב הִשְׁמִ֥יעוּ זְּעָקָ֖ה צְעִירֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* it.will.be.broken Moab they.will.make.heard a.cry.of.distress its servants

*JPS 1917:* Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

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[Psalms 83:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.7/)

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אָהֳלֵ֣י אֱ֭דוֹם וְיִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗ים מוֹאָ֥ב וְהַגְרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* the.tents of.Edom and.\[the\] Ishmaelites Moab and the.Hagrites

*JPS 1917:* The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;

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