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Isaiah 16

Isa. 16:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore shall Moab
Mow'ab (Hebrew #4124)
from (her (the mother's)) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
KJV usage: Moab.
Pronounce: mo-awb
Origin: from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m- and 1
howl
yalal (Hebrew #3213)
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
KJV usage: (make to) howl, be howling.
Pronounce: yaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
for Moab
Mow'ab (Hebrew #4124)
from (her (the mother's)) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
KJV usage: Moab.
Pronounce: mo-awb
Origin: from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m- and 1
, every one shall howl
yalal (Hebrew #3213)
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
KJV usage: (make to) howl, be howling.
Pronounce: yaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
: for the foundations
'ashiysh (Hebrew #808)
a (ruined) foundation
KJV usage: foundation.
Pronounce: aw-sheesh'
Origin: from the same as 784 (in the sense of pressing down firmly; compare 803)
of Kir-hareseth
Qiyr (Hebrew #7025)
from 7023 and 2789; fortress of earthenware; Kir-Cheres or Kir-Chareseth, a place in Moab
KJV usage: Kir-haraseth, Kir-hareseth, Kir-haresh, Kir-heres.
Pronounce: Cheres
Origin: or (feminine of the latter word) Qiyr Chareseth {keer khar-eh'-seth}
q shall ye τmourn
hagah (Hebrew #1897)
to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
KJV usage: imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, X sore, speak, study, talk, utter.
Pronounce: daw-gaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1901)
; surely they are stricken
nake' (Hebrew #5218)
from 5217; smitten, i.e. (figuratively) afflicted
KJV usage: broken, stricken, wounded.
Pronounce: naw-kay'
Origin: or nakat {naw-kaw'}
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2 Kings 3:25• 25And 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 they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about and smote it. (2 Kings 3:25)
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or, mutter

More on:

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Kir of Moab; Kirharaseth; Kirhareseth; Kirharesh; Kirheres,
Moab; Moabites

Cross References

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shall Moab.
Isa. 15:2‑5• 2He is gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep; Moab howleth over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads [is] baldness, every beard is cut off.
 3In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one howleth, weeping abundantly.
 4And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard unto Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembleth within him.
 5My heart crieth out for Moab; their nobles [flee] unto Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up by it; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction. (Isa. 15:2‑5)
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Jer. 48:20• 20{i}Moab is put to shame; for he is broken down: howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.{/i} (Jer. 48:20)
Kir-hareseth.
Isa. 16:11• 11Therefore my bowels sound like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirhares. (Isa. 16:11)
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Isa. 15:1• 1The burden of Moab. (Isa. 15:1)
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2 Kings 3:25• 25And 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 they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about and smote it. (2 Kings 3:25)
mourn.
or, mutter.
Isa. 8:19• 19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living [should they seek] unto the dead. (Isa. 8:19)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab; every one of them shall howl. For the foundationsb of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn, verily afflicted.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "raisin-cakes."

W. Kelly Translation

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Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one of them shall howl. For the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, verily afflicted.