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Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: (KJV)
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אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-that
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 3:5 word 1
כַּסְפִּ֥יkas.Pisilver my
Lemma: כֶּ֫סֶף (ke.seph) · Strong's: H3701G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: silver: money
Used 391 times. Also: Genesis 13:2, Genesis 17:12, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:23, Genesis 17:27, Genesis 20:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3701G; TAHOT Joel 3:5 word 2
וּזְהָבִ֖יu.ze.ha.Viand gold my
Lemma: זָהָב (za.hav) · Strong's: H2091
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: gold
Used 389 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2091; TAHOT Joel 3:5 word 3
לְקַחְתֶּ֑םle.kach.Temyou took
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqp2mp)
Meaning: to take: take
Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Joel 3:5 word 4
וּמַֽחֲמַדַּי֙u.ma.cha.ma.Daiand desirable things my
Lemma: מַחְמָד (mach.mad) · Strong's: H4261
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: desire
Used 12 times. Also: 1 Kings 20:6, 2 Chronicles 36:19, Song of Solomon 5:16, Isaiah 64:11, Lamentations 1:10, Lamentations 2:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4261; TAHOT Joel 3:5 word 5
הַטֹּבִ֔יםha.to.Vim<the> good
Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2896A
Parsing: Aampa (Aampa)
Meaning: pleasant
Used 384 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 6:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2896A; TAHOT Joel 3:5 word 6
הֲבֵאתֶ֖םha.ve.Temyou took
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935P
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhp2mp)
Meaning: to come (in): bring
Used 547 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:3, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935P; TAHOT Joel 3:5 word 7
לְהֵיכְלֵיכֶֽם\׃le.hei.khe.lei.Khemto own temples your
Lemma: הֵיכָל (he.khal) · Strong's: H1964G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: temple
Used 56 times. Also: 1 Samuel 1:9, 1 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 22:7, 1 Kings 7:21, 1 Kings 7:50, 2 Kings 18:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1964G; TAHOT Joel 3:5 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| you took | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| My silver | → | כֶּ֫סֶף H3701G silver: money |
| and gold | → | זָהָב H2091 gold |
| and carried off | → | בּוֹא H0935P to come (in): bring |
| My finest | → | טוֹב H2896A pleasant |
| treasures | → | מַחְמָד H4261 desire |
| to your temples | → | הֵיכָל H1964G temple |
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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