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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְקִרְע֤וּ | H7167 | And rend | to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them) |
| 2 | לְבַבְכֶם֙ | H3824 | your heart | the heart (as the most interior organ) |
| 3 | וְאַל | H408 | not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing | |
| 4 | בִּגְדֵיכֶ֔ם | H899 | and not your garments | a covering, i.e., clothing |
| 5 | וְשׁ֖וּבוּ | H7725 | and turn | to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); |
| 6 | אֶל | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 7 | יְהוָ֣ה | H3068 | unto the LORD | (the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god |
| 8 | אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑ם | H430 | your God | gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of |
| 9 | כִּֽי | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 10 | חַנּ֤וּן | H2587 | for he is gracious | gracious |
| 11 | וְרַחוּם֙ | H7349 | and merciful | compassionate |
| 12 | ה֔וּא | H1931 | he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo | |
| 13 | אֶ֤רֶךְ | H750 | slow | long |
| 14 | אַפַּ֙יִם֙ | H639 | to anger | properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire |
| 15 | וְרַב | H7227 | and of great | abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) |
| 16 | חֶ֔סֶד | H2617 | kindness | kindness; by implication (towards god) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty |
| 17 | וְנִחָ֖ם | H5162 | and repenteth | properly, 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 |
| 18 | עַל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 19 | הָרָעָֽה׃ | H7451 | him of the evil | bad 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...