5{
"verseID": "Joel.3.5",
"source": "אֲשֶׁר־כַּסְפִּ֥י וּזְהָבִ֖י לְקַחְתֶּ֑ם וּמַֽחֲמַדַּי֙ הַטֹּבִ֔ים הֲבֵאתֶ֖ם לְהֵיכְלֵיכֶֽם",
"text": "Which-*kaspî* and-*zəhāḇî* *ləqaḥtem* and-*maḥămadday* the-*ṭôḇîm* *hăḇēʾṯem* to-*hêḵəlêḵem*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - which/that",
"*kaspî*": "masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my silver",
"*ûzəhāḇî*": "conjunction + masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - and my gold",
"*ləqaḥtem*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - you took",
"*ûmaḥămadday*": "conjunction + masculine plural noun + 1st person singular suffix - and my precious things",
"*haṭṭôḇîm*": "definite article + adjective masculine plural - the good/fine",
"*hăḇēʾṯem*": "hiphil perfect 2nd person masculine plural - you brought",
"*ləhêḵəlêḵem*": "preposition + masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - to your temples/palaces"
},
"variants": {
"*kesep*": "silver/money",
"*zāhāḇ*": "gold",
"*ləqaḥtem*": "took/carried away",
"*maḥămaddîm*": "precious things/desirable objects/treasures",
"*ṭôḇîm*": "good/fine/pleasant",
"*hêḵāl*": "temple/palace/sanctuary"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "Joel.3.6",
"source": "וּבְנֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ וּבְנֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם מְכַרְתֶּ֖ם לִבְנֵ֣י הַיְּוָנִ֑ים לְמַ֥עַן הַרְחִיקָ֖ם מֵעַ֥ל גְּבוּלָֽם",
"text": "And-*bənê* *yəhûḏāh* and-*bənê* *yərûšālaim* *məḵartem* to-*bənê* the-*yəwānîm* in-order *harḥîqām* from-*ʿal* *gəḇûlām*",
"grammar": {
"*ûḇənê*": "conjunction + masculine plural construct - and the sons/children of",
"*yəhûḏāh*": "proper noun - Judah",
"*ûḇənê*": "conjunction + masculine plural construct - and the sons/children of",
"*yərûšālaim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem",
"*məḵartem*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - you sold",
"*liḇnê*": "preposition + masculine plural construct - to the sons/children of",
"*hayəwānîm*": "definite article + proper noun, masculine plural - the Greeks/Ionians",
"*ləmaʿan*": "conjunction - in order that/so that",
"*harḥîqām*": "hiphil infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to remove them far",
"*mēʿal*": "preposition + preposition - from upon",
"*gəḇûlām*": "masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their border/territory"
},
"variants": {
"*bənê*": "sons/children/descendants",
"*məḵartem*": "sold/traded",
"*yəwānîm*": "Greeks/Ionians/Javan's descendants",
"*harḥîqām*": "remove far/distance/separate",
"*gəḇûl*": "border/territory/boundary"
}
}
7{
"verseID": "Joel.3.7",
"source": "הִנְנִ֣י מְעִירָ֔ם מִן־הַ֨מָּק֔וֹם אֲשֶׁר־מְכַרְתֶּ֥ם אֹתָ֖ם שָׁ֑מָּה וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֥י גְמֻלְכֶ֖ם בְּרֹאשְׁכֶֽם",
"text": "*Hinənî* *məʿîrām* from-the-*māqôm* which-*məḵartem* them *šāmmāh* and-*hăšiḇōṯî* *gəmulḵem* on-*rōʾšḵem*",
"grammar": {
"*hinənî*": "interjection + 1st person singular suffix - behold me/here I am",
"*məʿîrām*": "hiphil participle masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - arousing/stirring them",
"*min-hammāqôm*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - from the place",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - which/that",
"*məḵartem*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - you sold",
"*ʾōṯām*": "direct object marker + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them",
"*šāmmāh*": "adverb + directional he - there/thither",
"*wahăšiḇōṯî*": "conjunction + hiphil perfect 1st person singular - and I will return",
"*gəmulḵem*": "masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your recompense",
"*bərōʾšḵem*": "preposition + masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - on your head"
},
"variants": {
"*hinənî*": "behold me/here I am/look, I",
"*məʿîrām*": "arousing/stirring/awakening them",
"*māqôm*": "place/location",
"*məḵartem*": "sold/traded",
"*hăšiḇōṯî*": "return/bring back/repay",
"*gəmul*": "recompense/dealing/retribution",
"*bərōʾšḵem*": "on your head/on yourselves"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "Joel.3.8",
"source": "וּמָכַרְתִּ֞י אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶ֣ם וְאֶת־בְּנֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם בְּיַד֙ בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וּמְכָר֥וּם לִשְׁבָאיִ֖ם אֶל־גּ֣וֹי רָח֑וֹק כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר",
"text": "And-*māḵartî* *ʾeṯ*-*bənêḵem* and-*ʾeṯ*-*bənôṯêḵem* in-*yaḏ* *bənê* *yəhûḏāh* and-*məḵārûm* to-*šəḇāʾîm* to-*gôy* *rāḥôq* for *YHWH* *dibbēr*",
"grammar": {
"*ûmāḵartî*": "conjunction + qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will sell",
"*ʾeṯ-bənêḵem*": "direct object marker + masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your sons",
"*wəʾeṯ-bənôṯêḵem*": "conjunction + direct object marker + feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and your daughters",
"*bəyaḏ*": "preposition + feminine singular construct - into the hand of",
"*bənê*": "masculine plural construct - sons of",
"*yəhûḏāh*": "proper noun - Judah",
"*ûməḵārûm*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd person plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and they will sell them",
"*lišəḇāʾîm*": "preposition + masculine plural noun - to the Sabeans",
"*ʾel-gôy*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - to a nation",
"*rāḥôq*": "adjective masculine singular - distant/far",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD",
"*dibbēr*": "piel perfect 3rd person masculine singular - has spoken"
},
"variants": {
"*māḵartî*": "sell/trade",
"*bənêḵem*": "your sons/your children",
"*bənôṯêḵem*": "your daughters",
"*yaḏ*": "hand/power/control",
"*məḵārûm*": "sell them/trade them",
"*šəḇāʾîm*": "Sabeans/people of Sheba",
"*gôy*": "nation/people",
"*rāḥôq*": "distant/far/remote",
"*dibbēr*": "spoken/declared/said"
}
}