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 3 V1 V2 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21
OET-LV (JOL 4:3) [fn] And_near/to people_of_my they_have_throw a_lot and_they_have_exchanged the_boy for_prostitute and_the_girl they_have_sold for_wine and_they_have_drunk.
4:3 Note: KJB: Yōʼēl/(Joel).3.3
OET (OET-RV) Then they threw dice to decide who’d get my people—
⇔ they traded a boy for a prostitute,
⇔ ≈ and sold a girl for wine so they could drink.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
גוֹרָ֑ל
lots
Yahweh is not referring to a specific lot. He means “lots” in general. It may be more natural in your language to express this meaning by using a plural form. Alternate translation: [lots]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ הַיֶּ֨לֶד֙ בַּזּוֹנָ֔ה וְהַיַּלְדָּ֛ה מָכְר֥וּ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=near/to people_of,my throw lots and,they_have_exchanged the,boy for,prostitute and,the,girl sold for,wine and,they_have_drunk )
The words a boy, a prostitute, and a girl represent these people in general, not one particular boy or prostitute or girl. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a more natural expression. Alternate translation: [and they traded boys for prostitutes, and they sold girls]
OET-LV (JOL 4:3) [fn] And_near/to people_of_my they_have_throw a_lot and_they_have_exchanged the_boy for_prostitute and_the_girl they_have_sold for_wine and_they_have_drunk.
4:3 Note: KJB: Yōʼēl/(Joel).3.3
OET (OET-RV) Then they threw dice to decide who’d get my people—
⇔ they traded a boy for a prostitute,
⇔ ≈ and sold a girl for wine so they could drink.
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.