Jeremiah 48:28
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.

Young's Literal Translation
Forsake cities, and dwell in a rock, Ye inhabitants of Moab, And be as a dove making a nest in the passages of a pit’s mouth.

King James Bible
O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove [that] maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.

Hebrew
Abandon
עִזְב֤וּ (‘iz·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

the towns
עָרִים֙ (‘ā·rîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5892: Excitement

and dwell
וְשִׁכְנ֣וּ (wə·šiḵ·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell

among the rocks,
בַּסֶּ֔לַע (bas·se·la‘)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5553: A craggy rock

O residents
יֹשְׁבֵ֖י (yō·šə·ḇê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

of Moab!
מוֹאָ֑ב (mō·w·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4124: Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled

Be
וִֽהְי֣וּ (wih·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

like a dove
כְיוֹנָ֔ה (ḵə·yō·w·nāh)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3123: A dove

that nests
תְּקַנֵּ֖ן (tə·qan·nên)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7077: To nestle, build, occupy as a, nest

at
בְּעֶבְרֵ֥י (bə·‘eḇ·rê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5676: A region across, on the opposite side

the mouth
פִי־ (p̄î-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

of a cave.
פָֽחַת׃ (p̄ā·ḥaṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6354: A pit, for, catching animals

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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