And I will sellוּמָכַרְתִּיyour sonsבְּנֵיכֶםand your daughtersוְ בְּנוֹתֵיכֶםinto the handבְּיַדof the childrenבְּנֵיof Judah,יְהוּדָהand they will sell themוּמְכָרוּםto the Sabeans,לִשְׁבָאיִםtoאֶלa nationגּוֹיfar away;רָחוֹקforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas spoken.דִּבֵּר
Joel 3:8
Study it in the app“And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far away; for YHWH has spoken.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 3:8, word by word
- And I will sellמָכַרְתִּיmacharti
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “macharti” appears- your sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- and your daughtersבְּנוֹתֵיbenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benote” appears- into the handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” 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- to the Sabeansשְׁבָאיִםshevayim
Sabean
A Sabean, a person from Sheba.
Where else “shevayim” appears- a nationגּוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- far awayרָחוֹקrachok
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rachok” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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 “yehva” appears- has spokenדִּבֵּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears
The context
7Look at me: I am rousing them from the place to which you sold them, and I will return your recompense on your head.
8 · This verse (above)
9Proclaim this among the nations; consecrate war; rouse the mighty men; let them draw near, let them come up, all the men of war.