Joel 3:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְנֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ וּבְנֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם מְכַרְתֶּ֖ם לִבְנֵ֣י הַיְּוָנִ֑ים לְמַ֥עַן הַרְחִיקָ֖ם מֵעַ֥ל גְּבוּלָֽם

Transliteration

And-bənê yəhûḏāh and-bənê yərûšālaim məḵartem to-bənê the-yəwānîm in-order harḥîqām from-ʿal gəḇûlām

Grammar Details

*ûḇənê*: conjunction + masculine plural construct - and the sons/children of
*yəhûḏāh*: proper noun - Judah
*yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*məḵartem*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - you sold
*liḇnê*: preposition + masculine plural construct - to the sons/children of
*hayəwānîm*: definite article + proper noun, masculine plural - the Greeks/Ionians
*ləmaʿan*: conjunction - in order that/so that
*harḥîqām*: hiphil infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to remove them far
*mēʿal*: preposition + preposition - from upon
*gəḇûlām*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their border/territory

Word Meanings

*bənê*: sons/children/descendants
*məḵartem*: sold/traded
*yəwānîm*: Greeks/Ionians/Javan's descendants
*harḥîqām*: remove far/distance/separate
*gəḇûl*: border/territory/boundary

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 27:13 : 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
Joel 3:3 : 3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
Joel 3:8 : 8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Deut 28:32 : 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
Deut 28:68 : 68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

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