OET interlinear JOEL 3:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-textvariants

וְ⁠נִקֵּ֖יתִי דָּמָ֣⁠ם לֹֽא־נִקֵּ֑יתִי

(və⁠niqqēytī dāmā⁠m loʼ-niqqēytī)

See the discussion in the introduction to this chapter of an alternate reading for this phrase. Alternate translation: [And I will avenge their blood that I have not avenged]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

דָּמָ֣⁠ם

(dāmā⁠m)

Yahweh is using the term blood to mean the deaths of people, by association with the loss of blood that usually occurs when people die violently. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [their deaths]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

וַֽ⁠יהוָ֖ה שֹׁכֵ֥ן בְּ⁠צִיּֽוֹן

(va⁠yhvāh shokēn bə⁠ʦiyyōn)

Some versions do not treat this clause as part of the direct quotation of Yahweh in [3:17–21](../03/17.md). If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to follow the quotation boundaries that it has. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the same boundaries as the ULT.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

וַֽ⁠יהוָ֖ה שֹׁכֵ֥ן בְּ⁠צִיּֽוֹן

(va⁠yhvāh shokēn bə⁠ʦiyyōn)

Yahweh is speaking about himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the first person. Alternate translation: [for I am dwelling in Zion]