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How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. (KJV)

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מַה\־mah-how!

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Joel 1:18 word 1

נֶּאֶנְחָ֣הne.'en.Chahit has groaned

Lemma: אָנַח (a.nach) · Strong's: H0584

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNp3fs)

Meaning: to sigh

Used 13 times. Also: Exodus 2:23, Proverbs 29:2, Isaiah 24:7, Jeremiah 22:23, Lamentations 1:4, Lamentations 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0584; TAHOT Joel 1:18 word 2

בְהֵמָ֗הve.he.Mah[the] livestock

Lemma: בְּהֵמָה (be.he.mah) · Strong's: H0929

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: animal

Used 190 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 6:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0929; TAHOT Joel 1:18 word 3

נָבֹ֙כוּ֙na.Vo.khuthey have wandered in confusion

Lemma: בּוּךְ (bukh) · Strong's: H0943

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)

Meaning: to perplex

Used 3 times. Also: Exodus 14:3, Esther 3:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0943; TAHOT Joel 1:18 word 4

עֶדְרֵ֣י'ed.Rei[the] herds of

Lemma: עֵ֫דֶר (e.der) · Strong's: H5739

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: flock

Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 29:2, Genesis 29:3, Genesis 29:8, Genesis 30:40, Genesis 32:16, Genesis 32:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5739; TAHOT Joel 1:18 word 5

בָקָ֔רva.Karcattle

Lemma: בָּקָר (ba.qar) · Strong's: H1241

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: cattle

Used 183 times. Also: Genesis 12:16, Genesis 13:5, Genesis 18:7, Genesis 18:8, Genesis 20:14, Genesis 21:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1241; TAHOT Joel 1:18 word 6

כִּ֛יkifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Joel 1:18 word 7

אֵ֥ין'einnot

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Joel 1:18 word 8

מִרְעֶ֖הmir.'Ehpasture

Lemma: מִרְעֶה (mir.eh) · Strong's: H4829

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: pasture

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 47:4, 1 Chronicles 4:39, 1 Chronicles 4:40, 1 Chronicles 4:41, Job 39:8, Isaiah 32:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4829; TAHOT Joel 1:18 word 9

גַּם\־gam-also

Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: also

Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Joel 1:18 word 10

עֶדְרֵ֥י'ed.Rei[the] flocks of

Lemma: עֵ֫דֶר (e.der) · Strong's: H5739

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: flock

Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 29:2, Genesis 29:3, Genesis 29:8, Genesis 30:40, Genesis 32:16, Genesis 32:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5739; TAHOT Joel 1:18 word 11

הַצֹּ֖אןha.Tzon<the> sheep

Lemma: צֹאן (tson) · Strong's: H6629G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: flock

Used 271 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 13:5, Genesis 20:14, Genesis 21:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6629G; TAHOT Joel 1:18 word 12

נֶאְשָֽׁמוּ\׃ne'.Sha.muthey have suffered

Lemma: אָשַׁם (a.sham) · Strong's: H0816

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)

Meaning: be guilty

Used 35 times. Also: Leviticus 4:13, Leviticus 4:22, Leviticus 4:27, Leviticus 5:2, Leviticus 5:3, Leviticus 5:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0816; TAHOT Joel 1:18 word 13

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

How	→	מָה H4100 what?
the cattle	→	בְּהֵמָה H0929 animal
groan	→	אָנַח H0584 to sigh
The herds	→	עֵ֫דֶר H5739 flock
. . .	→	בָּקָר H1241 cattle
wander in confusion	→	בּוּךְ H0943 to perplex
because	→	כִּי H3588A for
they have no	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
pasture	→	מִרְעֶה H4829 pasture
. . .	→
Even	→	גַּם H1571 also
the flocks	→	עֵ֫דֶר H5739 flock
of sheep	→	צֹאן H6629G flock
are suffering	→	אָשַׁם H0816 be guilty

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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