King James Version
Isaiah 15:8 in the King James Version says “For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beere...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.”
Isaiah 15:8 · KJV
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. desolate: Heb. desolations
Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. brook: or, valley of the Arabians
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land. more: Heb. additions
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“is gone round about”
H5362to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e., surround or circulate
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the borders”
H1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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