Joel 1:8 Go deeper

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. (KJV)

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אֱלִ֕י'e.Liwail

Lemma: אָלָה (a.lah) · Strong's: H0421

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)

Meaning: to wail

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0421; TAHOT Joel 1:8 word 1

כִּבְתוּלָ֥הkiv.tu.Lahlike a virgin

Lemma: בְּתוּלָה (be.tu.lah) · Strong's: H1330

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

Meaning: virgin

Used 50 times. Also: Genesis 24:16, Exodus 22:16, Exodus 22:17, Leviticus 21:3, Leviticus 21:14, Deuteronomy 22:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1330; TAHOT Joel 1:8 word 2

חֲגֻֽרַת\־cha.gu.rat-girded of

Lemma: חָגַר (cha.gar) · Strong's: H2296

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HVqsfsc)

Meaning: to gird

Used 44 times. Also: Exodus 12:11, Exodus 29:9, Leviticus 8:7, Leviticus 8:13, Leviticus 16:4, Deuteronomy 1:41 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2296; TAHOT Joel 1:8 word 3

שַׂ֖קsaksackcloth

Lemma: שַׂק (saq) · Strong's: H8242

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

Meaning: sackcloth

Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 37:34, Genesis 42:25, Genesis 42:27, Genesis 42:35, Leviticus 11:32, Joshua 9:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8242; TAHOT Joel 1:8 word 4

עַל\־'al-on

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Joel 1:8 word 5

בַּ֥עַלBa.'al[the] husband of

Lemma: בַּעַל (ba.al) · Strong's: H1167H

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

Meaning: master: husband

Used 14 times. Also: Exodus 21:3, Exodus 21:22, Leviticus 21:4, Deuteronomy 21:13, Deuteronomy 22:22, Deuteronomy 24:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1167H; TAHOT Joel 1:8 word 6

נְעוּרֶֽיהָ\׃ne.'u.Rei.hayouth<s> her

Lemma: נְעוּרִים (na.ur) · Strong's: H5271A

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

Meaning: youth

Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 8:21, Genesis 46:34, Leviticus 22:13, Numbers 30:3, Numbers 30:16, 1 Samuel 12:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5271A; TAHOT Joel 1:8 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Wail	→	אָלָה H0421 to wail
like a virgin	→	בְּתוּלָה H1330 virgin
dressed	→	חָגַר H2296 to gird
in sackcloth	→	שַׂק H8242 sackcloth
grieving for	→	עַל H5921A upon
the husband	→	בַּעַל H1167H master: husband
of her youth	→	נְעוּרִים H5271A youth

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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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