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The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. (KJV)
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קָר֥וֹבka.Rov[is] near
Lemma: קָרֹב (qa.rov) · Strong's: H7138
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: near
Used 77 times. Also: Genesis 19:20, Genesis 45:10, Exodus 12:4, Exodus 13:17, Exodus 32:27, Leviticus 10:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7138; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:16 word 1
אֵיד\־'eid-[the] disaster of
Lemma: אֵיד (ed) · Strong's: H0343
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: calamity
Used 24 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:35, 2 Samuel 22:19, Job 18:12, Job 21:17, Job 21:30, Job 30:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0343; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:16 word 2
מוֹאָ֖בmo.'AvMoab
Lemma: מוֹאָב (mo.av) · Strong's: H4124G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Moab
Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 36:35, Exodus 15:15, Numbers 21:11, Numbers 21:13, Numbers 21:15, Numbers 21:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4124G; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:16 word 3
לָב֑וֹאla.Vo'to coming
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:16 word 4
וְרָ֣עָת֔וֹve.Ra.'a.Toand calamity its
Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7451C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: distress: harm
Used 157 times. Also: Genesis 19:19, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 31:52, Exodus 32:12, Exodus 32:14, Numbers 11:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451C; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:16 word 5
מִהֲרָ֖הmi.ha.Rahit will hasten
Lemma: מָהַר (ma.har) · Strong's: H4116A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVpp3fs)
Meaning: to hasten
Used 68 times. Also: Genesis 18:6, Genesis 18:7, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 24:18, Genesis 24:20, Genesis 24:46 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4116A; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:16 word 6
מְאֹֽד\׃me.'Odexceedingly
Lemma: מְאֹד (me.od) · Strong's: H3966
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAcmsa)
Meaning: much
Used 300 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 4:5, Genesis 7:18, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3966; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:16 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Moab’s | → | מוֹאָב H4124G Moab |
| calamity | → | אֵיד H0343 calamity |
| is at hand | → | קָרֹב H7138 near |
| . . . | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| and his affliction | → | רָעָה H7451C distress: harm |
| is rushing | → | מָהַר H4116A to hasten |
| swiftly | → | מְאֹד H3966 much |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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