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And I will cleanseוְנִקֵּיתִיtheir bloodדָּמָםthat I have notלֹאcleansed;נִקֵּיתִיand YHWHוַיהוָהdwellsשֹׁכֵןin Zion.בְּצִיּוֹן
Joel 3:21
Study it in the app“And I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed; and YHWH dwells in Zion.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 3:21, word by word
- And I will cleanseנִקֵּיתִיniketi
go unpunished
Not to receive the punishment one deserved.
Where else “niketi” appears- their bloodדָּמָdama
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dama” appears- and YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- dwellsשֹׁכֵןshochen
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shochen” appears- in Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears
Translation note
The meaning of the first phrase is uncertain.
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
20But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem to generation after generation.
21 · This verse (above)