And the childrenוּבְנֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהand the childrenוּבְנֵיof Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyou have soldמְכַרְתֶּםto the childrenלִבְנֵיof the Greeks,הַיְּוָנִיםin orderלְמַעַןto remove them farהַרְחִיקָםfromמֵעַלtheir territory.גְּבוּלָם
Joel 3:6
Study it in the app“And the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem you have sold to the children of the Greeks, in order to remove them far from their territory.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 3:6, word by word
- And the childrenבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- you have soldמְכַרְתֶּםmechartem
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “mechartem” appears- of the Greeksיְּוָנִיםyevanim
Greek
A Greek, a descendant of Javan.
Where else “yevanim” appears- to remove them farהַרְחִיקָharchika
remove
To put something far away, remove it from oneself or from another.
Where else “harchika” appears- their territoryגְּבוּלָgevula
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevula” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
5For my silver and my gold you have taken, and my precious things, the good ones, you have brought into your temples.
6 · This verse (above)
7Look at me: I am rousing them from the place to which you sold them, and I will return your recompense on your head.