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Joel 1:17
“The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עָבַשׁʻâbash · aw-bash'
H5685 · Hebrew
H5685 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to dry up
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- be rotten.
- Grammar
- עָבְשׁ֣וּ — verb Qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 1 times in the Hebrew Bible.
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עָבַשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.