מוֹאָב, (b. h.) Moab, son of Lot; the Moabite people. Gen. R. s. 51, end בזכות מ׳ מי אב through the merits of Moab, that is mi ab, of him who is called father (Abraham). Num. R. s. 20 נתחברו מ׳ עם מדין Moab and Midian formed an alliance; a. fr.—Targ. Y. Num. XXV, 15. Targ. Gen. XIX, 37; a. fr.