Joel 3:15 Go deeper
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The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. (KJV)
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שֶׁ֥מֶשׁShe.meshsun
Lemma: שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (she.mesh) · Strong's: H8121
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: sun
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 15:12, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:23, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 32:31, Genesis 37:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8121; TAHOT Joel 3:15 word 1
וְיָרֵ֖חַve.ya.Re.achand moon
Lemma: יָרֵחַ (ya.re.ach) · Strong's: H3394
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: moon
Used 27 times. Also: Genesis 37:9, Deuteronomy 4:19, Deuteronomy 17:3, Joshua 10:12, Joshua 10:13, 2 Kings 23:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3394; TAHOT Joel 3:15 word 2
קָדָ֑רוּka.Da.ruthey have become dark
Lemma: קָדַר (qa.dar) · Strong's: H6937
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: be dark
Used 17 times. Also: 1 Kings 18:45, Job 5:11, Job 6:16, Job 30:28, Psalms 35:14, Psalms 38:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6937; TAHOT Joel 3:15 word 3
וְכוֹכָבִ֖יםve.kho.kha.Vimand [the] stars
Lemma: כּוֹכָב (ko.khav) · Strong's: H3556
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: star
Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 26:4, Genesis 37:9, Exodus 32:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3556; TAHOT Joel 3:15 word 4
אָסְפ֥וּ'a.se.Futhey have withdrawn
Lemma: אָסַף (a.saph) · Strong's: H0622
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to gather
Used 200 times. Also: Genesis 6:21, Genesis 25:8, Genesis 25:17, Genesis 29:3, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 29:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0622; TAHOT Joel 3:15 word 5
נָגְהָֽם\׃na.ge.Hambrightness their
Lemma: נֹ֫גַהּ (no.gah) · Strong's: H5051
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: brightness
Used 19 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:13, 2 Samuel 23:4, Psalms 18:12, Proverbs 4:18, Isaiah 4:5, Isaiah 50:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5051; TAHOT Joel 3:15 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The sun | → | שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ H8121 sun |
| and moon | → | יָרֵחַ H3394 moon |
| will grow dark | → | קָדַר H6937 be dark |
| and the stars | → | כּוֹכָב H3556 star |
| {will} no longer | → | אָסַף H0622 to gather |
| shine | → | נֹ֫גַהּ H5051 brightness |
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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