Joel 1:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.

Young's Literal Translation
Wail, as a virgin girdeth with sackcloth, For the husband of her youth.

King James Bible
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

Hebrew
Wail
אֱלִ֕י (’ĕ·lî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 421: To bewail

like a virgin
כִּבְתוּלָ֥ה (kiḇ·ṯū·lāh)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1330: A virgin, sometimes, a bride

dressed
חֲגֻֽרַת־ (ḥă·ḡu·raṯ-)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2296: To gird, gird on, gird oneself

in sackcloth,
שַׂ֖ק (śaq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8242: A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag

grieving for
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the husband
בַּ֥עַל (ba·‘al)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1167: A master, a husband, owner

of her youth.
נְעוּרֶֽיהָ׃ (nə·‘ū·re·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5271: Youth, the state, the persons

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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