Joel 1:8
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.”
שַׂק
properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.)
בַּעַל
the husband of
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בַּעַל
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
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נָעוּר
youths/ her
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נָעוּר
(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
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חָגַר
girded of
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חָגַר
to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)
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