Isaiah 16:11
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir–haresh.”
מֵעֶה
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)
כֵּן
-fore
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כֵּן
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
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עַל
there-
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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הָמָה
they make a sound
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הָמָה
to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
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קִיר חֶרֶשׂ
Heres
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קִיר חֶרֶשׂ
Kir-Cheres or Kir-Chareseth, a place in Moab
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