Jeremiah 48:39
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָלַל
yâlal
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
מוֹאָב
Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
הָפַךְ
hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
מוֹאָב
Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
שְׂחוֹק
sᵉchôwq
laughter (in merriment or defiance)
מְחִתָּה
mᵉchittâh
properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Key Terms in This Verse
מְחִתָּה mᵉchittâh
properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation
Study H4288 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →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 →הָפַךְ hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
Study H2015 →סָבִיב çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Study H5439 →Cross References
All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
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