Numbers

Numbers 21:29

²⁹Woe to you, O Moab!

You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh!

He gave up his sons as refugees,

and his daughters into captivity

to Sihon king of the Amorites.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Woe	אוֹי־	’ō·w-	Interjection	H188 woe!
to you	לְךָ֣	lə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
O Moab	מוֹאָ֔ב	mō·w·’āḇ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4124 Moab
You are destroyed	אָבַ֖דְתָּ	’ā·ḇaḏ·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H6 perish
O people	עַם־	‘am-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5971 people
of Chemosh	כְּמ֑וֹשׁ	kə·mō·wōš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3645 Chemosh
He gave up	נָתַ֨ן	nā·ṯan	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
his sons	בָּנָ֤יו	bā·nāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1121 son
as refugees	פְּלֵיטִם֙	pə·lê·ṭim	Noun - masculine plural	H6412 escaped one, fugitive
and his daughters	וּבְנֹתָ֣יו	ū·ḇə·nō·ṯāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1323 daughter
into captivity	בַּשְּׁבִ֔ית	baš·šə·ḇîṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H7622 exile, prisoners, former state of prosperity
to Sihon	סִיחֽוֹן׃	sî·ḥō·wn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5511 Sihon
king	לְמֶ֥לֶךְ	lə·me·leḵ	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of the Amorites	אֱמֹרִ֖י	’ĕ·mō·rî	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H567 Amorites

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.