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Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. (KJV)
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כֹּ֤תּוּKo.tubeat
Lemma: כָּתַת (ka.tat) · Strong's: H3807
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to crush
Used 17 times. Also: Leviticus 22:24, Numbers 14:45, Deuteronomy 1:44, Deuteronomy 9:21, 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Chronicles 15:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3807; TAHOT Joel 3:10 word 1
אִתֵּיכֶם֙'i.tei.Khemplowshares your
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0855
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: plowshare
Used 5 times. Also: 1 Samuel 13:20, 1 Samuel 13:21, Isaiah 2:4, Micah 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0855; TAHOT Joel 3:10 word 2
לַֽחֲרָב֔וֹתla.cha.ra.Votinto swords
Lemma: חֶ֫רֶב (che.rev) · Strong's: H2719
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: sword
Used 412 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 31:26, Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:26, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2719; TAHOT Joel 3:10 word 3
וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖םu.maz.me.ro.tei.Khemand pruning knives your
Lemma: מַזְמֵרָה (maz.me.rah) · Strong's: H4211
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: pruner
Used 4 times. Also: Isaiah 2:4, Isaiah 18:5, Micah 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4211; TAHOT Joel 3:10 word 4
לִרְמָחִ֑יםlir.ma.Chiminto spears
Lemma: רֹ֫מַח (ro.mach) · Strong's: H7420
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: spear
Used 15 times. Also: Numbers 25:7, Judges 5:8, 1 Kings 18:28, 1 Chronicles 12:8, 1 Chronicles 12:24, 2 Chronicles 11:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7420; TAHOT Joel 3:10 word 5
הַֽחַלָּ֔שׁha.cha.Lashthe weak [man]
Lemma: חַלָּשׁ (chal.lash) · Strong's: H2523
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: weak
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2523; TAHOT Joel 3:10 word 6
יֹאמַ֖רyo.Marlet him say
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Joel 3:10 word 7
גִּבּ֥וֹרgi.Bor[am] a warrior
Lemma: גִּבּוֹר (gib.bor) · Strong's: H1368
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: mighty man
Used 158 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 10:8, Genesis 10:9, Deuteronomy 10:17, Joshua 1:14, Joshua 6:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1368; TAHOT Joel 3:10 word 8
אָֽנִי\׃'A.niI
Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Joel 3:10 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Beat | → | כָּתַת H3807 to crush |
| your plowshares | → | אֵת H0855 plowshare |
| into swords | → | חֶ֫רֶב H2719 sword |
| and your pruning hooks | → | מַזְמֵרָה H4211 pruner |
| into spears | → | רֹ֫מַח H7420 spear |
| Let the weak | → | חַלָּשׁ H2523 weak |
| say | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| I [am] | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| strong | → | גִּבּוֹר H1368 mighty man |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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