Hebrew Interlinear

Joel 3:6 Interlinear

The children also of Judah The children of Jerusalem have ye sold The children unto the Grecians that ye might remove them far from their border

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1לִבְנֵ֣יH1121The childrena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
2יְהוּדָה֙H3063also of Judahjehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
3לִבְנֵ֣יH1121The childrena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
4יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םH3389of Jerusalemjerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine
5מְכַרְתֶּ֖םH4376have ye soldto sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
6לִבְנֵ֣יH1121The childrena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
7הַיְּוָנִ֑יםH3125unto the Greciansa jevanite, or descendant of javan
8לְמַ֥עַןH4616properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
9הַרְחִיקָ֖םH7368that ye might remove them farto widen (in any direction), i.e., (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
10מֵעַ֥לH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
11גְּבוּלָֽם׃H1366from their borderproperly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed

Verse Context

Joel 3:5 my silver and my gold Because ye have taken pleasant things my goodly...
Joel 3:6 (current)The children also of Judah The children of Jerusalem have ye sold The children unto the Grecians that ye might remove them far from their border
Joel 3:7 Behold I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold...

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