Category Archives: Joel

חִגְר֨וּ וְסִפְד֜וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים הֵילִ֨ילוּ֙ מְשָׁרְתֵ֣י מִזְבֵּ֔חַ בֹּ֚אוּ לִ֣ינוּ בַשַּׂקִּ֔ים מְשָׁרְתֵ֖י אֱלֹהָ֑י כִּ֥י נִמְנַ֛ע מִבֵּ֥ית אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם מִנְחָ֥ה וָנָֽסֶךְ׃ Gird yourselves and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar; come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, … Continue reading →

הַגֶּ֣פֶן הֹובִ֔ישָׁה וְהַתְּאֵנָ֖ה אֻמְלָ֑לָה רִמֹּ֞ון גַּם־תָּמָ֣ר וְתַפּ֗וּחַ כָּל־עֲצֵ֤י הַשָּׂדֶה֙ יָבֵ֔שׁוּ כִּֽי־הֹבִ֥ישׁ שָׂשֹׂ֖ון מִן־בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃ ס The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languishes; the pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple—all the trees of the field are dried … Continue reading →

הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ אִכָּרִ֗ים הֵילִ֨ילוּ֙ כֹּֽרְמִ֔ים עַל־חִטָּ֖ה וְעַל־שְׂעֹרָ֑ה כִּ֥י אָבַ֖ד קְצִ֥יר שָׂדֶֽה׃ Be ashamed, O farmers; wail, O vine-dressers, for the wheat and for the barley, for the harvest of the field has perished.   Morphology הֹבִישׁוּ (hovishu) – Root: בושׁ; Form: … Continue reading →

שֻׁדַּ֣ד שָׂדֶ֔ה אָבְלָ֖ה אֲדָמָ֑ה כִּ֚י שֻׁדַּ֣ד דָּגָ֔ן הֹובִ֥ישׁ תִּירֹ֖ושׁ אֻמְלַ֥ל יִצְהָֽר׃ The field is devastated, the ground mourns, for the grain is destroyed; the new wine is dried up, the oil languishes.   Morphology שֻׁדַּד (shuddad) – Root: שׁדד; Form: … Continue reading →

הָכְרַ֥ת מִנְחָ֛ה וָנֶ֖סֶךְ מִבֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה אָֽבְלוּ֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים מְשָׁרְתֵ֖י יְהוָֽה׃ The grain offering and the drink offering have been cut off from the house of YHWH; the priests, ministers of YHWH, mourn.   Morphology הָכְרַת (hokhrat) – Root: כרת; Form: Hofʿal … Continue reading →

אֱלִ֕י כִּבְתוּלָ֥ה חֲגֻֽרַת־שַׂ֖ק עַל־בַּ֥עַל נְעוּרֶֽיהָ׃ Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.   Morphology אֱלִי (ʾeli) – Root: ילל; Form: Qal imperative feminine singular; Translation: “lament”; Notes: A direct command addressed in the feminine … Continue reading →

שָׂ֤ם גַּפְנִי֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה וּתְאֵנָתִ֖י לִקְצָפָ֑ה חָשֹׂ֤ף חֲשָׂפָהּ֙ וְהִשְׁלִ֔יךְ הִלְבִּ֖ינוּ שָׂרִיגֶֽיהָ׃ He has laid waste my vine and splintered my fig tree; He has stripped it bare and cast it away; its branches have turned white.   Morphology שָׂם (sam) – … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־גֹוי֙ עָלָ֣ה עַל־אַרְצִ֔י עָצ֖וּם וְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר שִׁנָּיו֙ שִׁנֵּ֣י אַרְיֵ֔ה וּֽמְתַלְּעֹ֥ות לָבִ֖יא לֹֽו׃ For a nation has come up against my land, strong and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the fangs of a … Continue reading →

הָקִ֤יצוּ שִׁכֹּורִים֙ וּבְכ֔וּ וְהֵילִ֖לוּ כָּל־שֹׁ֣תֵי יָ֑יִן עַל־עָסִ֕יס כִּ֥י נִכְרַ֖ת מִפִּיכֶֽם׃ Awake, drunkards, and weep; and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.   Morphology הָקִיצוּ (haqitsu) – … Continue reading →

יֶ֤תֶר הַגָּזָם֙ אָכַ֣ל הָֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְיֶ֥תֶר הָאַרְבֶּ֖ה אָכַ֣ל הַיָּ֑לֶק וְיֶ֣תֶר הַיֶּ֔לֶק אָכַ֖ל הֶחָסִֽיל׃ What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten; and what the swarming locust left, the crawling locust has eaten; and what the crawling locust left, the … Continue reading →

עָלֶ֖יהָ לִבְנֵיכֶ֣ם סַפֵּ֑רוּ וּבְנֵיכֶם֙ לִבְנֵיהֶ֔ם וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם לְדֹ֥ור אַחֵֽר׃ Concerning it, tell your children, and your children their children, and their children another generation.   Morphology עָלֶיהָ (ʿaleha) – Root: על; Form: Preposition עַל + pronominal suffix 3rd person feminine singular; … Continue reading →

שִׁמְעוּ־זֹאת֙ הַזְּקֵנִ֔ים וְהַֽאֲזִ֔ינוּ כֹּ֖ל יֹושְׁבֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ הֶהָ֤יְתָה זֹּאת֙ בִּֽימֵיכֶ֔ם וְאִ֖ם בִּימֵ֥י אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃ Hear this, O elders, and give ear, all inhabitants of the land. Has this been in your days or in the days of your fathers?   Morphology שִׁמְעוּ … Continue reading →

דְּבַר־יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֔ה אֶל־יֹואֵ֖ל בֶּן־פְּתוּאֵֽל׃ The word of YHWH that came to Yoʾel son of Petuʾel.   Morphology דְּבַר (devar) – Root: דבר; Form: Noun masculine singular construct; Translation: “word”; Notes: In construct state, linking to the following proper noun … Continue reading →

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