Hebrew Interlinear

Joel 2:13 Interlinear

And rend your heart and not your garments and turn unto the LORD your God for he is gracious and merciful slow to anger and of great kindness and repenteth him of the evil

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְקִרְע֤וּH7167And rendto rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
2לְבַבְכֶם֙H3824your heartthe heart (as the most interior organ)
3וְאַלH408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
4בִּגְדֵיכֶ֔םH899and not your garmentsa covering, i.e., clothing
5וְשׁ֖וּבוּH7725and turnto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
6אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
7יְהוָ֣הH3068unto the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
8אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑םH430your Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
9כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
10חַנּ֤וּןH2587for he is graciousgracious
11וְרַחוּם֙H7349and mercifulcompassionate
12ה֔וּאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
13אֶ֤רֶךְH750slowlong
14אַפַּ֙יִם֙H639to angerproperly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
15וְרַבH7227and of greatabundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
16חֶ֔סֶדH2617kindnesskindness; by implication (towards god) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
17וְנִחָ֖םH5162and repentethproperly, to sigh, i.e., breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e., (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavo
18עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
19הָרָעָֽה׃H7451him of the evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

Verse Context

Joel 2:12 Therefore also now saith the LORD turn ...
Joel 2:13 (current)And rend your heart and not your garments and turn unto the LORD your God for he is gracious and merciful slow to anger and of great kindness and repenteth him of the evil
Joel 2:14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent and leave behind...

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