And also,וְגַםwhatמָהare youאַתֶּםto me,לִיTyreצֹרand Sidonוְצִידוֹןand allוְכֹלthe regionsגְּלִילוֹתof Philistia?פְּלָשֶׁתAre you payingהַ אַתֶּם מְשַׁלְּמִיםmeעָלָיback a recompense?גְּמוּלAnd ifוְאִםyouאַתֶּםare repayingגֹּמְלִיםme,עָלַיswiftly,קַלspeedilyמְהֵרָהI will returnאָשִׁיבyour recompenseגְּמֻלְכֶםon your head.בְּרֹאשְׁכֶם
Joel 3:4
Study it in the app“And also, what are you to me, Tyre and Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back a recompense? And if you are repaying me, swiftly, speedily I will return your recompense on your head.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 3:4, word by word
- Tyreצֹרtsor
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appears- and Sidonצִידוֹןtsidon
Sidon
See it on the mapWhere else “tsidon” appears- the regionsגְּלִילוֹתgelilot
region
Region, district.
Where else “gelilot” appears- of Philistiaפְּלָשֶׁתpelashet
Philistia
Philistia, the coastal strip where the Philistines lived.
Where else “pelashet” appears- Are you payingמְשַׁלְּמִיםmeshalmim
repay
To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.
Where else “meshalmim” appears- back a recompenseגְּמוּלgemul
recompense
What one receives for what one did.
Where else “gemul” appears- are repayingגֹּמְלִיםgomlim
repay
To treat someone as they deserve.
Where else “gomlim” appears- swiftlyקַלkal
swift, light
Light, swift.
Where else “kal” appears- speedilyמְהֵרָהmehera
haste, quickly
Haste; as an adverb, "quickly."
Where else “mehera” appears- I will returnאָשִׁיבashiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “ashiv” appears- on your headרֹאשְׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears
Places in this verse
1Tyre
Today: Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Israel's present border.
Its king Hiram helped David and Solomon with timber and workers (1 Kgs 5:1). Ezekiel announced its fall (Ezek 27:2), and Jesus mentioned it when rebuking towns that did not change their minds (Matt 11:21).
2Sidon
Today: Sidon (Saida), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, north of Tyre.
Ahab's wife Jezebel was the daughter of the king of Sidon (1 Kgs 16:31). Jesus said Sidon would have changed its mind had it seen his miracles (Luke 10:13).
The context
3And for my people they cast lots, and gave the boy for a prostitute, and the girl they sold for wine, and drank it.
4 · This verse (above)
5For my silver and my gold you have taken, and my precious things, the good ones, you have brought into your temples.