Jeremiah
Jeremiah 48:39
39“How shattered it is! How they wail!
How Moab has turned his back in shame!
Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror
to all those around him.”
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How | אֵ֥יךְ | ’êḵ | Interjection | H349 How? |
| shattered | חַ֙תָּה֙ | ḥat·tāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H2865 be shattered, dismayed |
| How they wail | הֵילִ֔ילוּ | hê·lî·lū | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | H3213 howl, make a howling |
| How | אֵ֛יךְ | ’êḵ | Interjection | H349 How? |
| Moab | מוֹאָ֖ב | mō·w·’āḇ | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H4124 Moab |
| has turned | הִפְנָה־ | hip̄·nāh- | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6437 turn |
| his back | עֹ֥רֶף | ‘ō·rep̄ | Noun - masculine singular | H6203 back of neck, neck |
| in shame | בּ֑וֹשׁ | bō·wōš | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H954 be ashamed |
| Moab | מוֹאָ֛ב | mō·w·’āḇ | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H4124 Moab |
| has become | וְהָיָ֥ה | wə·hā·yāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| an object of ridicule | לִשְׂחֹ֥ק | liś·ḥōq | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H7814 laughter, derision, sport |
| and horror | וְלִמְחִתָּ֖ה | wə·lim·ḥit·tāh | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular | H4288 terror, destruction, ruin |
| to all those | לְכָל־ | lə·ḵāl | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| around him | סְבִיבָֽיו׃ס | sə·ḇî·ḇāw | Adverb; third person masculine singular | H5439 circuit, round about |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.