InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
Yoel 1 V1 V2 V3 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20
OET-LV The_remainder_of the_locust[s] the_locust[s] it_has_eaten and_the_remainder_of the_locust[s] the_locust[s] it_has_eaten and_the_remainder_of the_locust[s] the_locust[s] it_has_eaten.
OET (OET-RV) What the cutting locusts left behind, the swarming locusts have eaten,
⇔ and what the swarming locusts left behind, the hopping locusts have eaten,
⇔ and what the hopping locusts left behind, the destroying locusts have eaten.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
יֶ֤תֶר הַגָּזָם֙ אָכַ֣ל הָֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְיֶ֥תֶר הָאַרְבֶּ֖ה אָכַ֣ל הַיָּ֑לֶק וְיֶ֣תֶר הַיֶּ֔לֶק אָכַ֖ל הֶחָסִֽיל
left_of (Some words not found in UHB: left_of of,the_locust[s] eaten the,locust[s] and,the_remainder_of of,the_locust[s] eaten the,locust[s] and,the_remainder_of of,the_locust[s] eaten the,locust[s] )
Joel is not referring to specific locusts of these types. He means locusts of these types in general. It may be more natural in your language to express this meaning by using plural forms. Alternate translation: [The residue of the cutting locusts, swarming locusts have eaten, and the residue of the swarming locusts, hopping locusts have eaten, and the residue of the hopping locusts, destroying locusts have eaten]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / litany
יֶ֤תֶר הַגָּזָם֙ אָכַ֣ל הָֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְיֶ֥תֶר הָאַרְבֶּ֖ה אָכַ֣ל הַיָּ֑לֶק וְיֶ֣תֶר הַיֶּ֔לֶק אָכַ֖ל הֶחָסִֽיל
left_of (Some words not found in UHB: left_of of,the_locust[s] eaten the,locust[s] and,the_remainder_of of,the_locust[s] eaten the,locust[s] and,the_remainder_of of,the_locust[s] eaten the,locust[s] )
In the introduction to Joel, see the discussion of the litany form and how you might format this verse in your translation to show that Joel is using that form.
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
יֶ֤תֶר הַגָּזָם֙ אָכַ֣ל הָֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְיֶ֥תֶר הָאַרְבֶּ֖ה אָכַ֣ל הַיָּ֑לֶק וְיֶ֣תֶר הַיֶּ֔לֶק אָכַ֖ל הֶחָסִֽיל
left_of (Some words not found in UHB: left_of of,the_locust[s] eaten the,locust[s] and,the_remainder_of of,the_locust[s] eaten the,locust[s] and,the_remainder_of of,the_locust[s] eaten the,locust[s] )
The terms cutting, swarming, hopping, and destroying describe different kinds of locusts. Interpreters are not certain specifically what kinds of locusts these were. You may wish to use more general expressions in your translation. Alternate translation: [The residue of one kind of locust, another kind of locust has eaten, and the residue of that kind of locust, yet another kind of locust has eaten, and the residue of that kind of locust, still another kind of locust has eaten]
OET-LV The_remainder_of the_locust[s] the_locust[s] it_has_eaten and_the_remainder_of the_locust[s] the_locust[s] it_has_eaten and_the_remainder_of the_locust[s] the_locust[s] it_has_eaten.
OET (OET-RV) What the cutting locusts left behind, the swarming locusts have eaten,
⇔ and what the swarming locusts left behind, the hopping locusts have eaten,
⇔ and what the hopping locusts left behind, the destroying locusts have eaten.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.