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Lamentאֱלִיlike a virginכִּבְתוּלָהwearingחֲגֻרַתsackclothשַׂקforעַלthe husbandבַּעַלof her youth.נְעוּרֶיהָ
Joel 1:8
Study it in the app“Lament like a virgin wearing sackcloth for the husband of her youth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 1:8, word by word
- Lamentאֱלִיeli
lament
To lament, wail in mourning.
Where else “eli” appears- like a virginבְתוּלָהvetula
virgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “vetula” appears- wearingחֲגֻרַתchagurat
gird
Gird: fasten a garment, a belt or a weapon around the waist for walking, working or fighting.
Where else “chagurat” appears- sackclothשַׂקsak
sackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sak” appears- the husbandבַּעַלbaal
husband
The man joined to a woman in marriage.
Where else “baal” appears- of her youthנְעוּרֶיneure
youth
Youth: the time of being young.
Where else “neure” appears
The context
7It 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.
8 · This verse (above)
9The grain offering and the libation have been cut off from the house of YHWH; the priests, the ministers of YHWH, mourn.