Joel 1:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עָבְשׁ֣וּ פְרֻד֗וֹת תַּ֚חַת מֶגְרְפֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם נָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ אֹֽצָר֔וֹת נֶהֶרְס֖וּ מַמְּגֻר֑וֹת כִּ֥י הֹבִ֖ישׁ דָּגָֽן׃

Transliteration

ʿāḇšû p̄əruḏôṯ taḥaṯ meḡrəp̄ōṯêhem nāšammû ʾōṣārôṯ nehersû mamməḡurôṯ kî hôḇîš dāḡān

Grammar Details

*ʿāḇšû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they rot, shrivel
*p̄əruḏôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - seeds, grains
*taḥaṯ*: preposition - beneath, under
*meḡrəp̄ōṯêhem*: noun, feminine plural construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their clods
*nāšammû*: Niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are desolate
*ʾōṣārôṯ*: noun, masculine plural - storehouses
*nehersû*: Niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are broken down
*mamməḡurôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - barns, granaries
*kî*: conjunction - for, because
*hôḇîš*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is dried up
*dāḡān*: noun, masculine singular - grain, corn

Word Meanings

*ʿāḇšû*: they rot/shrivel/decay
*p̄əruḏôṯ*: seeds/grains/separated things
*meḡrəp̄ōṯêhem*: their clods/their shovels/their lumps of soil
*nāšammû*: they are desolate/they are laid waste
*ʾōṣārôṯ*: storehouses/treasuries/repositories
*nehersû*: they are broken down/they are demolished
*mamməḡurôṯ*: barns/granaries/storehouses
*hôḇîš*: is dried up/withered/failed
*dāḡān*: grain/corn/wheat

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 23:16 : 16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
Isa 17:10-11 : 10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: 11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

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