Joel
Joel 1:7
7It has laid waste My grapevine
and splintered My fig tree.
It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away;
the branches have turned white.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| It has laid | שָׂ֤ם | śām | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| waste | לְשַׁמָּ֔ה | lə·šam·māh | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular | H8047 waste, appalment |
| My grapevine | גַּפְנִי֙ | gap̄·nî | Noun - common singular construct; first person common singular | H1612 vine |
| and splintered | לִקְצָפָ֑ה | liq·ṣā·p̄āh | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular | H7111 a snapping or splintering |
| My fig tree | וּתְאֵנָתִ֖י | ū·ṯə·’ê·nā·ṯî | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H8384 fig |
| It has stripped off the bark | חָשֹׂ֤ף | ḥā·śōp̄ | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute | H2834 strip off, strip, make bare |
| and thrown it away | וְהִשְׁלִ֔יךְ | wə·hiš·lîḵ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H7993 throw, fling, cast |
| the branches | שָׂרִיגֶֽיהָ׃ | śā·rî·ḡe·hā | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular | H8299 tendril, twig |
| have turned white | הִלְבִּ֖ינוּ | hil·bî·nū | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | H3835 be white |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Amos 4:9 · Isaiah 5:6 · Joel 1:12 · Isaiah 24:7 · Exodus 10:15 · Hosea 2:12 · Jeremiah 8:13 · Habakkuk 3:17 · Psalm 105:33
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.