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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לִבְנֵ֣י | H1121 | The children | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 2 | יְהוּדָה֙ | H3063 | also of Judah | jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory |
| 3 | לִבְנֵ֣י | H1121 | The children | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 4 | יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם | H3389 | of Jerusalem | jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine |
| 5 | מְכַרְתֶּ֖ם | H4376 | have ye sold | to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender) |
| 6 | לִבְנֵ֣י | H1121 | The children | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 7 | הַיְּוָנִ֑ים | H3125 | unto the Grecians | a jevanite, or descendant of javan |
| 8 | לְמַ֥עַן | H4616 | properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that | |
| 9 | הַרְחִיקָ֖ם | H7368 | that ye might remove them far | to widen (in any direction), i.e., (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation) |
| 10 | מֵעַ֥ל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 11 | גְּבוּלָֽם׃ | H1366 | from their border | properly, 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...