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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Madmen
Jeremiah names this Moabite town in his judgment on Moab and puns on it: it sounds like the Hebrew for "be silenced," and Moab would be silenced.
First, in plain English
Jeremiah names this Moabite town in his judgment on Moab and puns on it: it sounds like the Hebrew for "be silenced," and Moab would be silenced.
Who this is
A Moabite town named in Jeremiah's oracle of judgment against Moab, threatened with destruction by an invading army (Jer. 48:2). The prophet plays on the town's name, which sounds like the Hebrew for be silenced, to declare that Moab itself would be silenced.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H4086
Where it is
- 35.704811
- 31.291821
Where it appears
- Jeremiah 48:2
