Joel 1:7

“It has made my vine a desolation, and my fig tree splinters; it has stripped it bare and thrown it down; its branches have turned white.”

Joel 1:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joel 1:7, word by word

It has madeשָׂםsam

make

To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".

Where else “sam” appears
my vineגַּפְנִgafni

vine

Vine: the plant that bears grapes.

Where else “gafni” appears
a desolationשַׁמָּהshama

desolation

A destroyed land or city.

Where else “shama” appears
and my fig treeתְאֵנָתִteenati

fig tree

The fig-bearing plant; sitting under one's own means living in peace.

Where else “teenati” appears
splintersקְצָפָהketsafa

splinter, stump

A splinter, a broken piece; said of a tree stripped of its bark.

Where else “ketsafa” appears
it has stripped itחֲשָׂפָchasafa

strip bare

To leave in plain view what was covered.

Where else “chasafa” appears
and thrown it downהִשְׁלִיךְhishlich

throw

To throw something with force, far off or down.

Where else “hishlich” appears
its branchesשָׂרִיגֶיsarige

branch, tendril

Branch, tendril of a vine.

Where else “sarige” appears
have turned whiteהִלְבִּינוּhilbinu

turn white

To become snow-colored; be cleansed of sin.

Where else “hilbinu” appears

The context

6For a nation has come up against my land, mighty and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the fangs of a lioness.

7 · This verse (above)

8Lament like a virgin wearing sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

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