Joel 3:19 Go deeper
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Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. (KJV)
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מִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimEgypt
Lemma: מִצְרַ֫יִם (mits.ra.yim) · Strong's: H4714G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Egypt
Used 630 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 15:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4714G; TAHOT Joel 3:19 word 1
לִשְׁמָמָ֣הlish.ma.Mah<into> a desolation
Lemma: שְׁמָמָה (she.ma.mah) · Strong's: H8077A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: devastation
Used 55 times. Also: Exodus 23:29, Leviticus 26:33, Joshua 8:28, Isaiah 1:7, Isaiah 6:11, Isaiah 17:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8077A; TAHOT Joel 3:19 word 2
תִֽהְיֶ֔הtih.Yehit will become
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Joel 3:19 word 3
וֶאֱד֕וֹםve.'e.Domand Edom
Lemma: אֱדוֹם (e.dom) · Strong's: H0123G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Edom
Used 93 times. Also: Genesis 32:3, Genesis 36:9, Genesis 36:16, Genesis 36:17, Genesis 36:31, Genesis 36:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0123G; TAHOT Joel 3:19 word 4
לְמִדְבַּ֥רle.mid.Bar<into> a wilderness of
Lemma: מִדְבָּר (mid.bar) · Strong's: H4057B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: wilderness
Used 269 times. Also: Genesis 14:6, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 36:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4057B; TAHOT Joel 3:19 word 5
שְׁמָמָ֖הshe.ma.Mahdesolation
Lemma: שְׁמָמָה (she.ma.mah) · Strong's: H8077A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: devastation
Used 55 times. Also: Exodus 23:29, Leviticus 26:33, Joshua 8:28, Isaiah 1:7, Isaiah 6:11, Isaiah 17:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8077A; TAHOT Joel 3:19 word 6
תִּֽהְיֶ֑הtih.Yehit will become
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Joel 3:19 word 7
מֵֽחֲמַס֙me.cha.Masfrom [the] violence of
Lemma: חָמָס (cha.mas) · Strong's: H2555
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: violence
Used 60 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 49:5, Exodus 23:1, Deuteronomy 19:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2555; TAHOT Joel 3:19 word 8
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Joel 3:19 word 9
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudah
Lemma: יְהוּדָה (ye.hu.dah) · Strong's: H3063G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Judah
Used 810 times. Also: Genesis 29:35, Genesis 35:23, Genesis 37:26, Genesis 38:1, Genesis 38:2, Genesis 38:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3063G; TAHOT Joel 3:19 word 10
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whom
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Joel 3:19 word 11
שָׁפְכ֥וּsha.fe.Khuthey shed
Lemma: שָׁפַךְ (sha.phakh) · Strong's: H8210H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to pour: kill
Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 9:6, Genesis 37:22, Leviticus 17:4, Numbers 35:33, Deuteronomy 19:10, 1 Samuel 25:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8210H; TAHOT Joel 3:19 word 12
דָם\־dom-blood
Lemma: דָּם (dam) · Strong's: H1818
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: blood
Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1818; TAHOT Joel 3:19 word 13
נָקִ֖יאna.Ki'innocent
Lemma: נָקִיא (na.qi) · Strong's: H5355B
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: innocent
Used 2 times. Also: Jonah 1:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5355B; TAHOT Joel 3:19 word 14
בְּאַרְצָֽם\׃be.'ar.Tzamin land their
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 3:19 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Egypt | → | מִצְרַ֫יִם H4714G Egypt |
| will become | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| desolate | → | שְׁמָמָה H8077A devastation |
| and Edom | → | אֱדוֹם H0123G Edom |
| a desert | → | מִדְבָּר H4057B wilderness |
| wasteland | → | שְׁמָמָה H8077A devastation |
| because of the violence | → | חָמָס H2555 violence |
| done to the people | → | בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people |
| of Judah | → | יְהוּדָה H3063G Judah |
| in whose | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| they shed | → | שָׁפַךְ H8210H to pour: kill |
| innocent | → | נָקִיא H5355B innocent |
| blood | → | דָּם H1818 blood |
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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