Joel 3:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּ֤תּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם֙ לַֽחֲרָב֔וֹת וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖ם לִרְמָחִ֑ים הַֽחַלָּ֔שׁ יֹאמַ֖ר גִּבּ֥וֹר אָֽנִי

Transliteration

Kōttû ʾittêḵem to-ḥărāḇôṯ and-mazməroṯêḵem to-rəmāḥîm the-ḥallāš yōʾmar gibbôr ʾānî

Grammar Details

*kōttû*: qal imperative masculine plural - beat/hammer
*ʾittêḵem*: direct object marker + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your plowshares
*laḥărāḇôṯ*: preposition + feminine plural noun - into swords
*ûmazməroṯêḵem*: conjunction + feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and your pruning hooks
*lirəmāḥîm*: preposition + masculine plural noun - into spears
*haḥallāš*: definite article + adjective masculine singular - the weak
*yōʾmar*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - let him say
*gibbôr*: adjective masculine singular - mighty
*ʾānî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I

Word Meanings

*kōttû*: beat/hammer/forge
*ʾittêḵem*: your plowshares/your plow blades
*ḥărāḇôṯ*: swords/knives
*mazməroṯêḵem*: your pruning hooks/your pruning knives
*rəmāḥîm*: spears/lances
*ḥallāš*: weak/feeble
*gibbôr*: mighty/strong/warrior

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 2:4 : 4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Mic 4:3 : 3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Zech 12:8 : 8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
Luke 22:36 : 36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
2 Chr 25:8 : 8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

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