Joel 2:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בָּעִ֣יר יָשֹׁ֗קּוּ בַּֽחוֹמָה֙ יְרֻצ֔וּן בַּבָּתִּ֖ים יַעֲל֑וּ בְּעַ֧ד הַחַלּוֹנִ֛ים יָבֹ֖אוּ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃

Transliteration

In-the-ʿîr yāshōqqû in-the-ḥômâ yerūtsûn in-the-bāttîm yaʿălû through the-ḥallônîm yābōʾû like-the-gannāb.

Grammar Details

*ʿîr*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the city
*yāshōqqû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they rush/swarm
*ḥômâ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the wall
*yerūtsûn*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they run
*bāttîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the houses
*yaʿălû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they climb/ascend
*ḥallônîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the windows
*yābōʾû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they come/enter
*gannāb*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the thief

Word Meanings

*yāshōqqû*: they rush/swarm/surge/run to and fro
*yerūtsûn*: they run/race/dash
*yaʿălû*: they climb/ascend/go up
*yābōʾû*: they come/enter/arrive

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Jer 9:21 : 21 For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, [and] the young men from the streets.
John 10:1 : 1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Exod 10:6 : 6 and thy houses shall be filled, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither thy fathers nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh.

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