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For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion. that (KJV)
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וְנִקֵּ֖יתִיve.ni.Kei.tiand I will leave unpunished
Lemma: נָקָה (na.qah) · Strong's: H5352
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpq1cs)
Meaning: to clear
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 24:8, Genesis 24:41, Exodus 20:7, Exodus 21:19, Exodus 34:7, Numbers 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5352; TAHOT Joel 3:21 word 1
דָּמָ֣םda.Mamblood their
Lemma: דָּם (dam) · Strong's: H1818
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
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 3:21 word 2
לֹֽא\־lo'-[which] not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Joel 3:21 word 3
נִקֵּ֑יתִיni.Kei.tiI left unpunished
Lemma: נָקָה (na.qah) · Strong's: H5352
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpp1cs)
Meaning: to clear
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 24:8, Genesis 24:41, Exodus 20:7, Exodus 21:19, Exodus 34:7, Numbers 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5352; TAHOT Joel 3:21 word 4
וַֽיהוָ֖הva.Yah.wehand Yahweh
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 3:21 word 5
שֹׁכֵ֥ןsho.Khen[is] dwelling
Lemma: שָׁכַן (sha.khan) · Strong's: H7931
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 128 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 16:12, Genesis 25:18, Genesis 26:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7931; TAHOT Joel 3:21 word 6
בְּצִיּֽוֹן\׃be.tzi.Yonin Zion
Lemma: צִיּוֹן (tsiy.yon) · Strong's: H6726
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Zion
Used 154 times. Also: 2 Samuel 5:7, 1 Kings 8:1, 2 Kings 19:21, 2 Kings 19:31, 1 Chronicles 11:5, 2 Chronicles 5:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6726; TAHOT Joel 3:21 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For I will avenge | → | נָקָה H5352 to clear |
| their blood | → | דָּם H1818 blood |
| which I have not yet | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| avenged | → | נָקָה H5352 to clear |
| For the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| dwells | → | שָׁכַן H7931 to dwell |
| in Zion | → | צִיּוֹן H6726 Zion |
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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