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title: מוֹאָבִי — Moabitish · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוֹאָבִי (4125), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: Moabitish. BDB 1906: adj.gent. Moabitish. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹאָבִי

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«מוֹאָבִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Moabitish** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 4125 · **BDB:** מ֥וֹאָבִי

### Glosses

\[woman\] (6); Moabites (4); Moabite (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Moabitish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4125/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. Moabitish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4125/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. Moabitish;—מ׳ Dt 23:4 + 2 times, מֹאָבִי Ezr 9:1; pl. מֹאָבִים Dt 2:11; מוֹאָב׳ Dt 2:29; fs. מוֹאֲבִיָּה Ru 1:22 + 4 times; מֹאֲב׳ Ru 4:10; מוֹאָבִית 2 Ch 24:26; fpl. מוֹאֲבִיוֹת 1 K 11:1 Ne 13:23; מֹאֲב׳ Ru 1:4:—m. = a Moabite Dt 23:4 Ne 13:1; הַמּ׳ = the Moabite 1 Ch 11:46; coll. = the Moabites Ezr 9:1, so pl. Dt 2:11, 29; fpl. as adj. נָשִׁים מ׳ Ru 1:4; as subst., 1 K 11:1 Ne 13:23; fs. as adj. 2 Ch 24:26; especially רוּת הַמּ׳ Ru 1:22; 2:2, 21; 4:5, 10; מ׳ as n.fs. Ru 2:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוֹאָבִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4125/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.46/)

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אֱלִיאֵל֙ הַֽמַּחֲוִ֔ים וִירִיבַ֥י וְיוֹשַׁוְיָ֖ה בְּנֵ֣י אֶלְנָ֑עַם וְיִתְמָ֖ה הַמּוֹאָבִֽי׃

*Word for word:* Eliel the Mahavite and Jeribai and Joshaviah the.sons of.Elnaam and Ithmah the Moabite

*JPS 1917:* Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite;

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[Deuteronomy 2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.2.11/)

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רְפָאִ֛ים יֵחָשְׁב֥וּ אַף־הֵ֖ם כָּעֲנָקִ֑ים וְהַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔ים יִקְרְא֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם אֵמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* Rephaites they.were.regarded also they like the Anakites and the Moabites they.called (to) them Emites

*JPS 1917:* these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.

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