Lexical Definition

‎מוֹאָבִי‎ Môwʼâbîy (mo-aw-bee') Moabite ^N:N--LG
feminine מוֹאָבִיָּה Môwʼâbîyâh (mo-aw-bee-yaw'); or מוֹאָבִית Môwʼâbîyth (mo-awbeeth'); patronymical from ‎מוֹאָב‎

(woman) of Moab, Moabite(-ish, -ss).

• § Moabite = "from father: what father?"
• a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. a descendant from Moab

1) an citizen of Moab
2) an inhabitant of the land of Moab

Extended Information

name of: מוֹאָב

• Someone from Moab, a Moabite = "from father: what father?"
• 1) a citizen of Moab
• Another name of mo.av (‎מו‎ֹ‎א‎ָ‎ב‎ "Moab" מוֹאָב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מ֥וֺאָבִי‎, ‎מוֺאֲבִיָּה‎ adjective, of a people Moabitish; — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Deut 23:4* + 2 t., ‎מֹאָבִי‎ Ezra 9:1 plural ‎מֹאָבִים‎ Deut 2:11 ‎׳‎‎מוֺאָב‎ Deut 2:29 feminine singular ‎מוֺאֲבִיָּה‎ Ruth 1:22 + 4 t.; ‎׳‎‎מֹאֲב‎ Ruth 4:10 ‎מוֺאָבִית‎ 2Chr 24:26 feminine plural ‎מוֺאֲבִיּוֺת‎ 1Kgs 11:1; Neh 13:23 ‎׳‎‎מֹאֲב‎ Ruth 1:4: — masculine = a Moabite Deut 23:4*; Neh 13:1 ‎׳‎‎הַמ‎ = the Moabite 1Chr 11:46 collective = the Moabites Ezra 9:1, so plural Deut 2:11; Deut 2:29 feminine plural as adjective ‎׳‎‎נָשִׁים מ‎ Ruth 1:4 as substantive, 1Kgs 11:1; Neh 13:23 feminine singular as adjective 2Chr 24:26 especially ‎׳‎‎רוּת הַמ‎ Ruth 1:22; Ruth 2:2; Ruth 2:21; Ruth 4:5; Ruth 4:10 ‎׳‎‎מ‎ as noun feminine singular Ruth 2:6. ‎מוֺאל‎ see ‎מול‎. [‎מוֺבָא‎] see ‎מָבוֺא‎ below ‎בוא‎.

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