Joel 2:18 Go deeper

Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. (KJV)

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וַיְקַנֵּ֥אvay.ka.Ne'and he became jealous

Lemma: קָנָא (qa.na) · Strong's: H7065

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)

Meaning: be jealous

Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 26:14, Genesis 30:1, Genesis 37:11, Numbers 5:14, Numbers 5:30, Numbers 11:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7065; TAHOT Joel 2:18 word 1

יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Joel 2:18 word 2

לְאַרְצ֑וֹle.'ar.Tzofor land his

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: land: country/planet

Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Joel 2:18 word 3

וַיַּחְמֹ֖לvai.yach.Moland he had compassion

Lemma: חָמַל (cha.mal) · Strong's: H2550

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to spare

Used 41 times. Also: Exodus 2:6, Deuteronomy 13:8, 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 15:9, 1 Samuel 15:15, 1 Samuel 23:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2550; TAHOT Joel 2:18 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 2:18 word 5

עַמּֽוֹ\׃a.Mopeople his

Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A

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

Meaning: people

Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Joel 2:18 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Then the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
became jealous	→	קָנָא H7065 be jealous
for His land	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet
and He spared	→	חָמַל H2550 to spare
. . .	→	עַל H5921A upon
His people	→	עַם H5971A people

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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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