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Strong's #4124 - מוֹאָב
Proper Name, Location
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Moab = “of his father”
1) a son of Lot by his eldest daughter (noun proper masculine)
2) the nation descended from the son of Lot (noun proper masculine)
3) the land inhabited by the descendants of the son of Lot (noun proper locative)
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proper name, of a people and territory Moab (MI1,2, 5,6, 12,20 מאב; Assyrian Ma°aba, Ma°bu, Mu°âba, etc., Schr COT Glossary, and on Genesis 19:37 Dl Par. 294f., 296; — on etymology compare Lag BN 90 Anm., Ne SK 1892,573, Gray Prop.N.25); — ׳מו Genesis 19:37 178t.; מֹאָב 2 Samuel 8:12; ᵐ5 Μωαβ; —
1 Moab as son of Lot by his elder daughter according to Genesis 19:37.
2 Moab:
a. = nation of which Lot's son is represented as ancestor Genesis 19:37; Numbers 21:29; Numbers 22:3 (twice in verse); Amos 2:1,2; Jeremiah 48:1,230t. Jeremiah 4:8 + often; having a king, Numbers 21:26; Numbers 22:4,10; Judges 3:12; 1 Samuel 12:9 +.
b. = territory of Moab Numbers 21:11,13 (twice in verse); Numbers 21:15 +; ׳שְׂדֵת מ Genesis 36:25; Numbers 15:20; Ruth 1:1,2,6 (twice in verse); Ruth 1:22; Ruth 2:6; Ruth 4:3; 1 Chronicles 1:46; 1 Chronicles 8:8; ׳אֶרֶץ מ Deuteronomy 1:5; Deuteronomy 28:69; Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 34:5,6; Judges 11:15,18 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 48:24,33; ׳מִדְבַּר מ Deuteronomy 2:8; ׳עַרְבוֺת מ Numbers 22:1; Numbers 26:3,63; Numbers 31:12; Numbers 33:48,49,50; Numbers 35:1; Numbers 36:13; Deuteronomy 34:1,8; Joshua 13:32.
מוֹאָב (“water,” i.e. “seed,” “progeny of a father,” see -Gen. 19:3038 ; compare מוֹ No. II) Moab, Moabites, and the land of Moab, pr.n. of a people (m., Jeremiah 48:11, 13 Jeremiah 48:13), and a region (fem., Jeremiah 48:4), now called Karrak, from the chief city, extending to the east of the Dead Sea, as far as Arnon. עַרְבוֹת מוֹאָב the plains of Moab, Deuteronomy 34:1, Deuteronomy 34:8; Numbers 22:1, situated to the north of Arnon, opposite to Jericho, although called also אֶרֶץ מוֹאָב Deut. 28:69 (29:1 ); 32:49, formed no part of the genuine limits of the Moabites. As to the history and geography of the kingdom of Moab, see my Comment. on Isaiah i. 501, sqq. Gent. noun מוֹאָבִי f. מוֹאֲבֵיָּה, מוֹאָבִית Ruth 4:5; 2 Chronicles 24:26.
