Lexical Definition

‎מוֹאָב‎ Môwʼâb (mo-awb) Moab ^N:N--L
from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m-and ‎אָב‎; from (her (the mother's)) father

Moab.

• § Moab = "of his father"
• Moab, an incestuous son of Lot
• also his territory and descendants

n pr m
1) a son of Lot by his eldest daughter
2) the nation descended from the son of Lot
n pr loc
3) the land inhabited by the descendants of the son of Lot

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מוֺאָב‎, ‎מֹאָב‎₁₈₀ proper name, of a people and territory Moab (MI^{1, 2, 5, 6, 12, 20} ‎מאב‎; Assyrian Ma°aba, Ma°bu, Mu°âba, etc., Schr^COT Glossary, and on Gen 19:37 Dl^{Par. 294 f., 296}; — on etymology compare Lag^{BN 90 Anm.}, Ne^{SK 1892, 573}, Gray^Prop.N.25); — ‎׳‎‎מו‎ Gen 19:37 + 178 t.; ‎מֹאָב‎ 2Sam 8:12 ᵐ5 Μωαβ; —

1. Moab as son of Lot by his elder daughter according to Gen 19:37.

2. Moab:
a. = nation of which Lot's son is represented as ancestor Gen 19:37; Num 21:29; Num 22:3 (twice in verse); Amos 2:1; Amos 2:2; Jer 48:1; Jer 48:2 + 30 t. Jer 4:8 + often; having a king, Num 21:26; Num 22:4; Num 22:10; Judg 3:12; 1Sam 12:9 +.
b. = territory of Moab Num 21:11; Num 21:13 (twice in verse); Num 21:15 +; ‎׳‎‎שְׂדֵת מ‎ Gen 36:25; Num 15:20; Ruth 1:1; Ruth 1:2; Ruth 1:6 (twice in verse); Ruth 1:22; Ruth 2:6; Ruth 4:3; 1Chr 1:46; 1Chr 8:8 ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ מ‎ Deut 1:5; Deut 28:69*; Deut 32:49; Deut 34:5; Deut 34:6; Judg 11:15; Judg 11:18 (twice in verse); Jer 48:24; Jer 48:33 ‎׳‎‎מִדְבַּר מ‎ Deut 2:8 ‎׳‎‎עַרְבוֺת מ‎ Num 22:1; Num 26:3; Num 26:63; Num 31:12; Num 33:48; Num 33:49; Num 33:50; Num 35:1; Num 36:13; Deut 34:1; Deut 34:8; Josh 13:32.

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