מוֹאָבִי
mo.a.vi
“Moabite”
Definition
a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. a descendant from Moab
feminine מוֹאָבִיָּה; or מוֹאָבִיתxlit Môwâbîyth corrected to Môwʼâbîyth; patronymical from H4124 (מוֹאָב);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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N:N--LG
Occurrences
מוֹאָבִי appears 15 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Eliel the Mahavite,Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam,Ithmah the Moabite,
Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.
At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,
So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.