Jeremiah 48:39 Go deeper
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They shall howl, saying , How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him. (KJV)
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אֵ֥יךְ'eikhhow!
Lemma: אֵיךְ (ekh) · Strong's: H0349A
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: how?
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 26:9, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:8, Genesis 44:34, Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0349A; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:39 word 1
חַ֙תָּה֙cha.tahit has been shattered
Lemma: חָתַת (cha.tat) · Strong's: H2865
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to to be dismayed
Used 52 times. Also: Deuteronomy 1:21, Deuteronomy 31:8, Joshua 1:9, Joshua 8:1, Joshua 10:25, 1 Samuel 17:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2865; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:39 word 2
הֵילִ֔ילוּhei.Li.luthey will wail
Lemma: יָלַל (ya.lal) · Strong's: H3213
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVhp3cp)
Meaning: to wail
Used 29 times. Also: Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 14:31, Isaiah 15:2, Isaiah 15:3, Isaiah 16:7, Isaiah 23:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3213; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:39 word 3
אֵ֛יךְ'eikhhow!
Lemma: אֵיךְ (ekh) · Strong's: H0349A
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: how?
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 26:9, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:8, Genesis 44:34, Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0349A; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:39 word 4
הִפְנָה\־hif.nah-it has turned
Lemma: פָּנָה (pa.nah) · Strong's: H6437G
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to turn
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 18:22, Genesis 24:31, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 24:63, Exodus 2:12, Exodus 7:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6437G; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:39 word 5
עֹ֥רֶף'O.refa neck
Lemma: עֹ֫רֶף (o.reph) · Strong's: H6203
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: neck
Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 49:8, Exodus 23:27, Exodus 32:9, Exodus 33:3, Exodus 33:5, Exodus 34:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6203; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:39 word 6
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 48:39 word 7
בּ֑וֹשׁBo.oshit will be ashamed
Lemma: בּוֹשׁ (bush) · Strong's: H0954
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: be ashamed
Used 126 times. Also: Genesis 2:25, Exodus 32:1, Judges 3:25, Judges 5:28, 2 Samuel 19:5, 2 Kings 2:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0954; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:39 word 8
וְהָיָ֥הve.ha.Yahand it will become
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:39 word 9
מוֹאָ֛בmo.'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 48:39 word 10
לִשְׂחֹ֥קlis.Chok<into> a laughing stock
Lemma: שְׂחֹק (se.choq) · Strong's: H7814
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: laughter
Used 15 times. Also: Job 8:21, Job 12:4, Psalms 126:2, Proverbs 10:23, Proverbs 14:13, Ecclesiastes 2:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7814; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:39 word 11
וְלִמְחִתָּ֖הve.lim.chi.Tahand <into> an object of terror
Lemma: מְחִתָּה (me.chit.tah) · Strong's: H4288
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: terror
Used 11 times. Also: Psalms 89:40, Proverbs 10:14, Proverbs 10:15, Proverbs 10:29, Proverbs 13:3, Proverbs 14:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4288; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:39 word 12
לְכָל\־le.kholto all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:39 word 13
סְבִיבָֽיו\׃\ \סse.vi.Vavaround it
Lemma: סָבִיב (sa.viv) · Strong's: H5439G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: around
Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 35:5, Genesis 41:48, Exodus 16:13, Exodus 19:12, Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5439G; TAHOT Jeremiah 48:39 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| How | → | אֵיךְ H0349A how? |
| shattered [it is] | → | חָתַת H2865 to to be dismayed |
| How they wail | → | יָלַל H3213 to wail |
| How | → | אֵיךְ H0349A how? |
| Moab | → | מוֹאָב H4124G Moab |
| has turned | → | פָּנָה H6437G to turn |
| his back | → | עֹ֫רֶף H6203 neck |
| in shame | → | בּוֹשׁ H0954 be ashamed |
| Moab | → | מוֹאָב H4124G Moab |
| has become | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| an object of ridicule | → | שְׂחֹק H7814 laughter |
| and horror | → | מְחִתָּה H4288 terror |
| to all those | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| around him | → | סָבִיב H5439G around |
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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