Joel 2:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 9:21 : 21 For death is come up into our windows, and 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 sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Exod 10:6 : 6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.

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