Hebrew Interlinear

Joel 3:19 Interlinear

Egypt shall be a desolate and Edom wilderness shall be a desolate for the violence against the children of Judah because they have shed blood innocent in their land

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1מִצְרַ֙יִם֙H4714Egyptmitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt
2שְׁמָמָ֖הH8077shall be a desolatedevastation; figuratively, astonishment
3תִֽהְיֶ֔הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
4וֶאֱד֕וֹםH123and Edomedom, the elder twin-brother of jacob; hence the region (idumaea) occupied by him
5לְמִדְבַּ֥רH4057wildernessa pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
6שְׁמָמָ֖הH8077shall be a desolatedevastation; figuratively, astonishment
7תִּֽהְיֶ֑הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
8מֵֽחֲמַס֙H2555for the violenceviolence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain
9בְּנֵ֣יH1121against the childrena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
10יְהוּדָ֔הH3063of Judahjehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
11אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
12שָׁפְכ֥וּH8210because they have shedto spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc
13דָםH1818bloodblood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
14נָקִ֖יאH5355innocentinnocent
15בְּאַרְצָֽם׃H776in their landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Verse Context

Joel 3:18 And it shall come to pass in that day shall drop down that the mountains new wine...
Joel 3:19 (current)Egypt shall be a desolate and Edom wilderness shall be a desolate for the violence against the children of Judah because they have shed blood innocent in their land
Joel 3:20But Judah for ever shall dwell and Jerusalem from generation from generation...

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