Jeremiah 48:31
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
יָלַל
yâlal
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
מוֹאָב
Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
מוֹאָב
Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
סָפַד
çâphad
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
English grammatical function word ('kirheres'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalen...
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('kirheres'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are r...
Study GRAM →סָפַד çâphad
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
Study H5594 →מוֹאָב Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
Study H4124 →מוֹאָב Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
Study H4124 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →Cross References
And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left...
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they sh...
Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
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