What does מוֹאָבִי (mwōʾābiy) mean in the Bible?
מוֹאָבִי (mwōʾābiy): Ethnic descriptor for Moab's descendants; Moabite women notably appear in covenantal narratives affecting Israel's genealogy and faith
Hebrew · H4125
מוֹאָבִי
A Moabite or Moabitess , i.e. a descendant from Moab
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מוֹאָבִי H4125
Pronunciation mwōʾābiy
What does מוֹאָבִי (mwōʾābiy) mean in the Bible?
מוֹאָבִי (mwōʾābiy): Ethnic descriptor for Moab's descendants; Moabite women notably appear in covenantal narratives affecting Israel's genealogy and faith
Full entry for מוֹאָבִי (H4125) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H4125?
The BSB source-word alignment has 16 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the Moabitess (7), or Moabite (2), and Moab (1), and the Moabites (1), Moabite (1).
Where does מוֹאָבִי (mwōʾābiy) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Deuteronomy 2:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Ruth (7), Deuteronomy (3), Nehemiah (2), 1 Chronicles (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the Moabitess 7× Ruth 1:22, Ruth 2:2, Ruth 2:6, Ruth 2:21
or Moabite 2× Deuteronomy 23:3, Nehemiah 13:1
and Moab 1× Nehemiah 13:23
and the Moabites 1× Deuteronomy 2:29
Moabite 1× Ruth 1:4
Moabites 1× Ezra 9:1
the Moabite 1× 1 Chronicles 11:46
though the Moabites 1× Deuteronomy 2:11
women of Moab 1× 1 Kings 11:1
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Deuteronomy 2:11 וְהַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔ים to though the Moabites Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Deuteronomy 2:29 וְהַמּ֣וֹאָבִ֔ים to and the Moabites Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Deuteronomy 23:3 וּמוֹאָבִ֖י to or Moabite Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Ruth 1:4 מֹֽאֲבִיּ֔וֹת to Moabite Noun - proper - feminine plural Ruth 1:22 הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤ה to the Moabitess Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Ruth 2:2 הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֜ה to the Moabitess Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Ruth 2:6 מֽוֹאֲבִיָּה֙ to the Moabitess Noun - proper - feminine singular Ruth 2:21 הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֑ה to the Moabitess Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Ruth 4:5 הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤ה to the Moabitess Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Ruth 4:10 הַמֹּאֲבִיָּה֩ to the Moabitess Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Deuteronomy 2:11
Aligned rows 16
Books represented 7
Deuteronomy 3 Ruth 7 1 Kings 1 1 Chronicles 1 2 Chronicles 1 Ezra 1 Nehemiah 2
Source forms
הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤ה 2x ham·mō·w·’ă·ḇî·yāh Ruth 1:22, Ruth 4:5
הַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔י 1x ham·mō·’ā·ḇî Ezra 9:1
הַמֹּאֲבִיָּה֩ 1x ham·mō·’ă·ḇî·yāh Ruth 4:10
הַמּוֹאָבִֽי׃ 1x ham·mō·w·’ā·ḇî 1 Chronicles 11:46
הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֜ה 1x ham·mō·w·’ă·ḇî·yāh Ruth 2:2
הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֑ה 1x ham·mō·w·’ă·ḇî·yāh Ruth 2:21
הַמּוֹאָבִֽית׃ 1x ham·mō·w·’ā·ḇîṯ 2 Chronicles 24:26
וְהַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔ים 1x wə·ham·mō·’ā·ḇîm Deuteronomy 2:11
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular 6x Ruth 1:22, Ruth 2:2, Ruth 2:21, Ruth 4:5
Noun - proper - feminine plural 3x Ruth 1:4, 1 Kings 11:1, Nehemiah 13:23
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 2x 1 Chronicles 11:46, Ezra 9:1
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular 2x Deuteronomy 23:3, Nehemiah 13:1
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural 2x Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:29
Noun - proper - feminine singular 1x Ruth 2:6
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Ethnic descriptor for Moab's descendants; Moabite women notably appear in covenantal narratives affecting Israel's genealogy and faith
Source Gloss
a Moabite or Moabitess , i.e. a descendant from Moab
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Ethnic descriptor for Moab's descendants; Moabite women notably appear in covenantal narratives affecting Israel's genealogy and faith
a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. a descendant from Moab BDB: Moabitish Usage: (woman) of Moab, Moabite(-ish, -ss).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
מוֹאָבִי is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain