KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Isaiah 16:11 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Wherefore” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | Wherefore |
| “my bowels” | מֵעַ֣י | Used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively) | bowels |
| “shall sound” | יֶֽהֱמ֑וּ | To make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor | sound |
| “like an harp” | כַּכִּנּ֖וֹר | A harp | like harp |
| “for Moab,” | לְמוֹאָ֔ב | Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants | Moab |
| “and mine inward parts” | וְקִרְבִּ֖י | Properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition) | inward parts |
| “for Kir-haresh.” | לְקִ֥יר | Kir-Cheres or Kir-Chareseth, a place in Moab | Kirharesh |
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9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.
12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
13 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
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