Psalms 83:6

6 The tents of Edom and the Yishme`elim; Mo'av, and the Hagrim;

Psalms 83:6 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 83:6

The tabernacles of Edom,
&c] Or the Idumeans, as the Targum; the posterity of Esau, who, with the rest that joined with them, hereafter mentioned, and made the confederate army, brought their tents with them, pitched them, and encamped in them against Israel:

and the Ishmaelites;
or Arabians, as the Targum, who descended from Ishmael, the son of Abraham:

of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
the Moabites, who sprung from Lot by one of his daughters, in an incestuous way; and the Hagarenes are the same with the Hagarites, ( 1 Chronicles 5:10 1 Chronicles 5:19 1 Chronicles 5:20 ) who dwelt to the east of the land of Israel, so called from Hagar, the handmaid of Abraham, but not by him, but by another husband, after sent away from him, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi think, or by him, supposing Hagar to be the same with Keturah, as some do: the Targum calls them Hungarians; the Syriac version renders it Gadareans, or Gadarenes; of which see ( Mark 5:1 ) .

Psalms 83:6 In-Context

4 "Come," they say, "and let us destroy them as a nation, That the name of Yisra'el may be remembered no more."

5 For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.

6 The tents of Edom and the Yishme`elim; Mo'av, and the Hagrim;

7 Geval, `Ammon, and `Amalek; Peleshet with the inhabitants of Tzor;

8 Ashshur also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.