- 1The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.דְּבַר יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֔ה אֶל יוֹאֵ֖ל בֶּן פְּתוּאֵֽל
- 2Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?שִׁמְעוּ זֹאת֙ הַזְּקֵנִ֔ים וְהַֽאֲזִ֔ינוּ כֹּ֖ל יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ הֶהָ֤יְתָה זֹּאת֙ בִּֽימֵיכֶ֔ם וְאִ֖ם בִּימֵ֥י אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶֽם
- 3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.עָלֶ֖יהָ לִבְנֵיכֶ֣ם סַפֵּ֑רוּ וּבְנֵיכֶם֙ לִבְנֵיהֶ֔ם וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם לְד֥וֹר אַחֵֽר
- 4That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.יֶ֤תֶר הַגָּזָם֙ אָכַ֣ל הָֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְיֶ֥תֶר הָאַרְבֶּ֖ה אָכַ֣ל הַיָּ֑לֶק וְיֶ֣תֶר הַיֶּ֔לֶק אָכַ֖ל הֶחָסִֽיל
- 5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.הָקִ֤יצוּ שִׁכּוֹרִים֙ וּבְכ֔וּ וְהֵילִ֖לוּ כָּל שֹׁ֣תֵי יָ֑יִן עַל עָסִ֕יס כִּ֥י נִכְרַ֖ת מִפִּיכֶֽם
- 6For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.כִּֽי גוֹי֙ עָלָ֣ה עַל אַרְצִ֔י עָצ֖וּם וְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר שִׁנָּיו֙ שִׁנֵּ֣י אַרְיֵ֔ה וּֽמְתַלְּע֥וֹת לָבִ֖יא
- 7He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.שָׂ֤ם גַּפְנִי֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה וּתְאֵנָתִ֖י לִקְצָפָ֑ה חָשֹׂ֤ף חֲשָׂפָהּ֙ וְהִשְׁלִ֔יךְ הִלְבִּ֖ינוּ שָׂרִיגֶֽיהָ
- 8Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.אֱלִ֕י כִּבְתוּלָ֥ה חֲגֻֽרַת שַׂ֖ק עַל בַּ֥עַל נְעוּרֶֽיהָ
- 9The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.הָכְרַ֥ת מִנְחָ֛ה וָנֶ֖סֶךְ מִבֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה אָֽבְלוּ֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים מְשָׁרְתֵ֖י יְהוָֽה
- 10The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.שֻׁדַּ֣ד שָׂדֶ֔ה אָבְלָ֖ה אֲדָמָ֑ה כִּ֚י שֻׁדַּ֣ד דָּגָ֔ן הוֹבִ֥ישׁ תִּיר֖וֹשׁ אֻמְלַ֥ל יִצְהָֽר
- 11Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ אִכָּרִ֗ים הֵילִ֨ילוּ֙ כֹּֽרְמִ֔ים עַל חִטָּ֖ה וְעַל שְׂעֹרָ֑ה כִּ֥י אָבַ֖ד קְצִ֥יר שָׂדֶֽה
- 12The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.הַגֶּ֣פֶן הוֹבִ֔ישָׁה וְהַתְּאֵנָ֖ה אֻמְלָ֑לָה רִמּ֞וֹן גַּם תָּמָ֣ר וְתַפּ֗וּחַ כָּל עֲצֵ֤י הַשָּׂדֶה֙ יָבֵ֔שׁוּ כִּֽי הֹבִ֥ישׁ שָׂשׂ֖וֹן מִן בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם
- 13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.חִגְר֨וּ וְסִפְד֜וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים הֵילִ֨ילוּ֙ מְשָׁרְתֵ֣י מִזְבֵּ֔חַ בֹּ֚אוּ לִ֣ינוּ בַשַּׂקִּ֔ים מְשָׁרְתֵ֖י אֱלֹהָ֑י כִּ֥י נִמְנַ֛ע מִבֵּ֥ית אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם מִנְחָ֥ה וָנָֽסֶךְ
- 14Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,קַדְּשׁוּ צוֹם֙ קִרְא֣וּ עֲצָרָ֔ה אִסְפ֣וּ זְקֵנִ֗ים כֹּ֚ל יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ בֵּ֖ית יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם וְזַעֲק֖וּ אֶל יְהוָֽה
- 15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.אֲהָ֖הּ לַיּ֑וֹם כִּ֤י קָרוֹב֙ י֣וֹם יְהוָ֔ה וּכְשֹׁ֖ד מִשַׁדַּ֥י יָבֽוֹא
- 16Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?הֲל֛וֹא נֶ֥גֶד עֵינֵ֖ינוּ אֹ֣כֶל נִכְרָ֑ת מִבֵּ֥ית אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ שִׂמְחָ֥ה וָגִֽיל
- 17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.עָבְשׁ֣וּ פְרֻד֗וֹת תַּ֚חַת מֶגְרְפֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙ אֹֽצָר֔וֹת נֶהֶרְס֖וּ מַמְּגֻר֑וֹת כִּ֥י הֹבִ֖ישׁ דָּגָֽן
- 18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.מַה נֶּאֶנְחָ֣ה בְהֵמָ֗ה נָבֹ֨כוּ֙ עֶדְרֵ֣י בָקָ֔ר כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין מִרְעֶ֖ה גַּם עֶדְרֵ֥י הַצֹּ֖אן נֶאְשָֽׁמוּ
- 19O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.אֵלֶ֥יךָ יְהוָ֖ה אֶקְרָ֑א כִּ֣י אֵ֗שׁ אָֽכְלָה֙ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֔ר וְלֶ֣הָבָ֔ה לִהֲטָ֖ה כָּל עֲצֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶֽה
- 20The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.גַּם בַּהֲמ֥וֹת שָׂדֶ֖ה תַּעֲר֣וֹג אֵלֶ֑יךָ כִּ֤י יָֽבְשׁוּ֙ אֲפִ֣יקֵי מָ֔יִם וְאֵ֕שׁ אָכְלָ֖ה נְא֥וֹת הַמִּדְבָּֽר
Joel 1 KJV
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233 tagged Hebrew tokens131 distinct lexical entries20 of 20 verses source-tagged
כִּיH3588
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
יְהֹוָהH3068
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
בֵּןH1121
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
יָבֵשׁH3001
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
אָכַלH398
to eat (literally or figuratively)
שָׂדֶהH7704
a field (as flat)
בַּיִתH1004
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
יוֹםH3117
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
אֱלֹהִיםH430
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
גַּםH1571
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
Hebrew verse gematria
YHWSA calculates these totals directly from every consonant in the tagged Hebrew source line using the Carlo Suarès letter-number system; vowel points and cantillation marks do not add values. The totals are not reverse-mapped from English. A matching number is a comparison to investigate, not proof that two passages mean the same thing.
| Verse | Value | Workspace |
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| Joel 1:1 | 2,050 | study verse |
| Joel 1:2 | 6,382 | study verse |
| Joel 1:3 | 3,680 | study verse |
| Joel 1:4 | 3,439 | study verse |
| Joel 1:5 | 4,698 | study verse |
| Joel 1:6 | 4,355 | study verse |
| Joel 1:7 | 5,573 | study verse |
| Joel 1:8 | 2,058 | study verse |
| Joel 1:9 | 3,527 | study verse |
| Joel 1:10 | 3,395 | study verse |
| Joel 1:11 | 3,664 | study verse |
| Joel 1:12 | 8,290 | study verse |
| Joel 1:13 | 6,351 | study verse |
| Joel 1:14 | 5,520 | study verse |
| Joel 1:15 | 2,340 | study verse |
| Joel 1:16 | 1,972 | study verse |
| Joel 1:17 | 6,371 | study verse |
| Joel 1:18 | 4,011 | study verse |
| Joel 1:19 | 2,590 | study verse |
| Joel 1:20 | 4,855 | study verse |
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