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The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. (KJV)

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וּבְנֵ֤יu.ve.Neiand [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 3:6 word 1

יְהוּדָה֙ye.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 3:6 word 2

וּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.Neiand [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 3:6 word 3

יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalem

Lemma: יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם (ye.ru.sha.laim) · Strong's: H3389

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Jerusalem

Used 643 times. Also: Joshua 10:1, Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:5, Joshua 10:23, Joshua 12:10, Joshua 15:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3389; TAHOT Joel 3:6 word 4

מְכַרְתֶּ֖םme.khar.Temyou sold

Lemma: מָכַר (ma.khar) · Strong's: H4376

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqp2mp)

Meaning: to sell

Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 25:31, Genesis 25:33, Genesis 31:15, Genesis 37:27, Genesis 37:28, Genesis 37:36 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4376; TAHOT Joel 3:6 word 5

לִבְנֵ֣יliv.Neito [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 3:6 word 6

הַיְּוָנִ֑יםhai.ye.va.Nimthe Greeks

Lemma: יְוָנִי (ye.va.ni) · Strong's: H3125

Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)

Meaning: Greek

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3125; TAHOT Joel 3:6 word 7

לְמַ֥עַןle.Ma.'anso as

Lemma: מַ֫עַן (ma.an) · Strong's: H4616

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: because

Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 12:13, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 50:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4616; TAHOT Joel 3:6 word 8

הַרְחִיקָ֖םhar.chi.Kamto remove far away them

Lemma: רָחַק (ra.chaq) · Strong's: H7368

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)

Meaning: to remove

Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 44:4, Exodus 8:28, Exodus 23:7, Exodus 33:7, Deuteronomy 12:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7368; TAHOT Joel 3:6 word 9

מֵעַ֥לme.'Alfrom on

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Joel 3:6 word 10

גְּבוּלָֽם\׃ge.vu.Lamown territory their

Lemma: גְּבוּל (ge.vul) · Strong's: H1366G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: border: boundary

Used 149 times. Also: Exodus 23:31, Exodus 34:24, Numbers 20:23, Numbers 21:13, Numbers 21:15, Numbers 21:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1366G; TAHOT Joel 3:6 word 11

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

You sold	→	מָכַר H4376 to sell
. . .	→	בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people
the people	→	בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people
of Judah	→	יְהוּדָה H3063G Judah
and Jerusalem	→	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם H3389 Jerusalem
to the Greeks	→	בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people
. . .	→	יְוָנִי H3125 Greek
to	→	מַ֫עַן H4616 because
send them far	→	רָחַק H7368 to remove
from	→	עַל H5921A upon
their homeland	→	גְּבוּל H1366G border: boundary

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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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