Joel 1:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַה־נֶּאֶנְחָ֣ה בְהֵמָ֗ה נָבֹ֙כוּ֙ עֶדְרֵ֣י בָקָ֔ר כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין מִרְעֶ֖ה לָהֶ֑ם גַּם־עֶדְרֵ֥י הַצֹּ֖אן נֶאְשָֽׁמוּ׃

Transliteration

Mah-nneʾenḥāh ḇəhēmāh nāḇōḵû ʿeḏrê ḇāqār kî ʾên mirʿeh lāhem gam-ʿeḏrê haṣṣōʾn neʾšāmû

Grammar Details

*Mah*: interrogative - how
*nneʾenḥāh*: Niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - groans
*ḇəhēmāh*: noun, feminine singular - cattle, beasts
*nāḇōḵû*: Niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - are confused, wander
*ʿeḏrê*: noun, masculine plural construct - flocks of
*ḇāqār*: noun, masculine singular - cattle, oxen
*kî*: conjunction - for, because
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there is no
*mirʿeh*: noun, masculine singular - pasture
*lāhem*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for them
*gam*: adverb - also
*haṣṣōʾn*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the sheep
*neʾšāmû*: Niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are desolate, suffer punishment

Word Meanings

*nneʾenḥāh*: groans/sighs/moans
*ḇəhēmāh*: cattle/beasts/animals
*nāḇōḵû*: are confused/wander/are perplexed
*ʿeḏrê*: herds of/flocks of
*ḇāqār*: cattle/oxen/bovine animals
*mirʿeh*: pasture/grazing land
*neʾšāmû*: they are desolate/they suffer punishment/they bear guilt

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 12:4 : 4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
Hos 4:3 : 3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Jer 14:5-6 : 5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. 6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
Joel 1:20 : 20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
Rom 8:22 : 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
1 Kgs 18:5 : 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

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