Joel 3:8

“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.”

Joel 3:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joel 3:8, word by word

And I will sellמָכַרְתִּיmacharti

sell

To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.

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your sonsבְּנֵיbene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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and your daughtersבְּנוֹתֵיbenote

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

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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.

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to the Sabeansשְׁבָאיִםshevayim

Sabean

A Sabean, a person from Sheba.

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a nationגּוֹיgoy

nation

A people with their land; also Israel.

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far awayרָחוֹקrachok

far

To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.

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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.

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has spokenדִּבֵּרdiber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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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.

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