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 V4 V5 V6 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20
OET-LV It_has_made vine[s]_of_my into_a_waste and_my_fig_of_tree[s] into_a_stump completely_(strip_bare) it_has_stripped_it_bare and_it_has_thrown_it_away branches_of_its they_have_become_white.
OET (OET-RV) It’s made my grapevine into a piece of rubbish
⇔ ≈ and my fig tree into splinters.
⇔ Stripping everything, it’s stripped it and thrown it away.
⇔ Its branches have become white (without the bark).
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
שָׂ֤ם גַּפְנִי֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה וּתְאֵנָתִ֖י לִקְצָפָ֑ה
(Some words not found in UHB: laid vine[s]_of,my into,a_waste and,my_fig_of,tree[s] into,a_stump to_strip_off it,has_stripped_it_bare and,it_has_thrown_[it]_away turned_white branches_of,its )
Since Joel and the people whom he is addressing eat the same crops, it may be more natural in your language to say “our” instead of my. Alternate translation: [It has made our vines into a waste and our fig trees into splinters]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
שָׂ֤ם גַּפְנִי֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה
(Some words not found in UHB: laid vine[s]_of,my into,a_waste and,my_fig_of,tree[s] into,a_stump to_strip_off it,has_stripped_it_bare and,it_has_thrown_[it]_away turned_white branches_of,its )
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of waste, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [It has wasted my vine] or [It has ruined my vine]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication
חָשֹׂ֤ף חֲשָׂפָהּ֙
(Some words not found in UHB: laid vine[s]_of,my into,a_waste and,my_fig_of,tree[s] into,a_stump to_strip_off it,has_stripped_it_bare and,it_has_thrown_[it]_away turned_white branches_of,its )
Joel is repeating the verb “strip” in order to intensify the idea that it expresses. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the emphasis. Alternate translation: [It has stripped it completely]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְהִשְׁלִ֔יךְ
(Some words not found in UHB: laid vine[s]_of,my into,a_waste and,my_fig_of,tree[s] into,a_stump to_strip_off it,has_stripped_it_bare and,it_has_thrown_[it]_away turned_white branches_of,its )
Joel is speaking as if the locusts had literally thrown … away the vegetation they had finished eating. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [spit it out]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
הִלְבִּ֖ינוּ שָׂרִיגֶֽיהָ
(Some words not found in UHB: laid vine[s]_of,my into,a_waste and,my_fig_of,tree[s] into,a_stump to_strip_off it,has_stripped_it_bare and,it_has_thrown_[it]_away turned_white branches_of,its )
Joel is using the term have become white to mean that the branches have been stripped of their bark, by association with the way the wood underneath the bark is white in color. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [its branches have been stripped of their bark]
OET-LV It_has_made vine[s]_of_my into_a_waste and_my_fig_of_tree[s] into_a_stump completely_(strip_bare) it_has_stripped_it_bare and_it_has_thrown_it_away branches_of_its they_have_become_white.
OET (OET-RV) It’s made my grapevine into a piece of rubbish
⇔ ≈ and my fig tree into splinters.
⇔ Stripping everything, it’s stripped it and thrown it away.
⇔ Its branches have become white (without the bark).
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.