Joel 1 interlinear
The Hebrew text of Joel 1 word by word, with each word’s gloss, a short parsing and its Strong’s number, and the King James Version for comparison.
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The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
דְּבַר־[the] word ofnoun sg m cstrH1697יְהוָהYahwehname TitleH3068אֲשֶׁרwhichRelative ParticleH834הָיָהit cameverb Qal perf 3 sg mH1961אֶל־toprepH413יוֹאֵלJoelname m individualH3100בֶּן־[the] son ofnoun sg m cstrH1121פְּתוּאֵל׃Pethuelname m individualH6602 Hear 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־hearverb Qal impv 2 pl mH8085זֹאתthisDemonstrative ParticleH2063הַזְּקֵנִיםO eldersart + adj pl m absH2205וְהַאֲזִינוּand give earconj + verb Hiphil impv 2 pl mH238כֹּלO allnoun sg m cstrH3605יוֹשְׁבֵי[the] inhabitants ofverb Qal ptc pl m cstrH3427הָאָרֶץthe landart + noun sg f absH776הֶהָיְתָה¿ has it happenedInterrogative Particle + verb Qal perf 3 sg fH1961זֹּאתthisDemonstrative ParticleH2063בִּימֵיכֶםin days yourprep + noun pl m cstr + sfx 2 pl mH3117וְאִםand or?conj + Conditional ParticleH518בִּימֵיin [the] days ofprep + noun pl m cstrH3117אֲבֹתֵיכֶם׃ancestors yournoun pl f cstr + sfx 2 pl mH1 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
עָלֶיהָon itprep + sfx 3 sg fH5921לִבְנֵיכֶםto children yourprep + noun pl m cstr + sfx 2 pl mH1121סַפֵּרוּrecountverb Piel impv 2 pl mH5608וּבְנֵיכֶםand children yourconj + noun pl m cstr + sfx 2 pl mH1121לִבְנֵיהֶםto children theirprep + noun pl m cstr + sfx 3 pl mH1121וּבְנֵיהֶםand children theirconj + noun pl m cstr + sfx 3 pl mH1121לְדוֹרto a generationprep + noun sg m absH1755אַחֵר׃anotheradj sg m absH312 That 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.
יֶתֶר[the] remainder ofnoun sg m cstrH3499הַגָּזָםthe locust[s]art + noun sg m absH1501אָכַלit has eatenverb Qal perf 3 sg mH398הָאַרְבֶּהthe locust[s]art + noun sg m absH697וְיֶתֶרand [the] remainder ofconj + noun sg m cstrH3499הָאַרְבֶּהthe locust[s]art + noun sg m absH697אָכַלit has eatenverb Qal perf 3 sg mH398הַיָּלֶקthe locust[s]art + noun sg m absH3218וְיֶתֶרand [the] remainder ofconj + noun sg m cstrH3499הַיֶּלֶקthe locust[s]art + noun sg m absH3218אָכַלit has eatenverb Qal perf 3 sg mH398הֶחָסִיל׃the locust[s]art + noun sg m absH2625 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
הָקִיצוּawakeverb Hiphil impv 2 pl mH6974שִׁכּוֹרִיםO drunkardsadj pl m absH7910וּבְכוּand weepconj + verb Qal impv 2 pl mH1058וְהֵילִלוּand wailconj + verb Hiphil impv 2 pl mH3213כָּל־O allnoun sg m cstrH3605שֹׁתֵיdrinkers ofverb Qal ptc pl m cstrH8354יָיִןwinenoun sg m absH3196עַל־onprepH5921עָסִיסsweet winenoun sg m absH6071כִּיforConditional ParticleH3588נִכְרַתit has been cut offverb Niphal perf 3 sg mH3772מִפִּיכֶם׃from mouth yourprep + noun sg m cstr + sfx 2 pl mH6310 For 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.
כִּי־forConditional ParticleH3588גוֹיa nationnoun sg m absH1471עָלָהit has come upverb Qal perf 3 sg mH5927עַל־onprepH5921אַרְצִיland mynoun sg c cstr + sfx 1 sg fH776עָצוּםmightyadj sg m absH6099וְאֵיןand there notconj + noun sg m cstrH369מִסְפָּר[is] numbernoun sg m absH4557שִׁנָּיוteeth itsnoun du f cstr + sfx 3 sg mH8127שִׁנֵּי[are the] teeth ofnoun du f cstrH8127אַרְיֵהa lionnoun sg m absH738וּמְתַלְּעוֹתand [the] fangs ofconj + noun pl f cstrH4973לָבִיאa lionessnoun sg m absH3833לוֹ׃[belong] to itprep + sfx 3 sg mH9033 He 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.
שָׂםit has madeverb Qal perf 3 sg mH7760גַּפְנִיvine[s] mynoun sg c cstr + sfx 1 sg cH1612לְשַׁמָּהinto a wasteprep + noun sg f absH8047וּתְאֵנָתִיand fig tree[s] myconj + noun sg f cstr + sfx 1 sg cH8384לִקְצָפָהinto a stumpprep + noun sg f absH7111חָשֹׂףcompletely strip bareverb Qal inf absH2834חֲשָׂפָהּit has stripped bare itverb Qal perf 3 sg m + sfx 3 sg fH2834וְהִשְׁלִיךְand it has thrown [it] awayconj + verb Hiphil perf 3 sg mH7993הִלְבִּינוּthey have become whiteverb Hiphil perf 3 pl cH3835שָׂרִיגֶיהָ׃branches itsnoun pl m cstr + sfx 3 sg fH8299 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
אֱלִיwailverb Qal impv 2 sg fH421כִּבְתוּלָהlike a virginprep + noun sg f absH1330חֲגֻרַת־girded ofverb Qal ptc passive sg f cstrH2296שַׂקsackclothnoun sg m absH8242עַל־onprepH5921בַּעַל[the] husband ofnoun sg m cstrH1167נְעוּרֶיהָ׃youths hernoun pl m cstr + sfx 3 sg fH5271 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD’s ministers, mourn.
הָכְרַתit has been cut offverb Hophal perf 3 sg mH3772מִנְחָהgrain offeringnoun sg f absH4503וָנֶסֶךְand drink offeringconj + noun sg m absH5262מִבֵּיתfrom [the] house ofprep + noun sg m cstrH1004יְהוָהYahwehname TitleH3068אָבְלוּthey are in mourningverb Qal perf 3 pl cH56הַכֹּהֲנִיםthe priestsart + noun pl m absH3548מְשָׁרְתֵי[the] servants ofverb Piel ptc pl m cstrH8334יְהוָה׃Yahwehname TitleH3068 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
שֻׁדַּדit is devastatedverb Pual perf 3 sg mH7703שָׂדֶה[the] field[s]noun sg m absH7704אָבְלָהit is dried upverb Qal perf 3 sg fH56אֲדָמָה[the] groundnoun sg f absH127כִּיforConditional ParticleH3588שֻׁדַּדit is devastatedverb Pual perf 3 sg mH7703דָּגָן[the] grainnoun sg m absH1715הוֹבִישׁit has dried upverb Hiphil perf 3 sg mH3001תִּירוֹשׁ[the] new winenoun sg m absH8492אֻמְלַלit has dried outverb Pual perf 3 sg mH535יִצְהָר׃[the] fresh oilnoun sg m absH3323 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
הֹבִישׁוּbe ashamedverb Hiphil perf 3 pl cH954אִכָּרִיםO farmersnoun pl m absH406הֵילִילוּwailverb Hiphil perf 3 pl cH3213כֹּרְמִיםO vinedressersnoun pl m absH3755עַל־onprepH5921חִטָּה[the] wheatnoun sg f absH2406וְעַל־and onconj + prepH5921שְׂעֹרָה[the] barleynoun sg f absH8184כִּיforConditional ParticleH3588אָבַדit has perishedverb Qal perf 3 sg mH6קְצִיר[the] harvest ofnoun sg m cstrH7105שָׂדֶה׃[the] fieldnoun sg m absH7704 The 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.
הַגֶּפֶןthe vineart + noun sg c absH1612הוֹבִישָׁהit has dried upverb Hiphil perf 3 sg fH954וְהַתְּאֵנָהand the fig treeconj + art + noun sg f absH8384אֻמְלָלָהit has dried outverb Pual perf 3 sg fH535רִמּוֹן[the] pomegranate treenoun sg m absH7416גַּם־alsoadvH1571תָּמָר[the] palm treenoun sg m absH8558וְתַפּוּחַand [the] apple treeconj + noun sg m absH8598כָּל־allnoun sg m cstrH3605עֲצֵי[the] trees ofnoun pl m cstrH6086הַשָּׂדֶהthe fieldart + noun sg m absH7704יָבֵשׁוּthey have dried upverb Qal perf 3 pl cH3001כִּי־forConditional ParticleH3588הֹבִישׁit has been ashamedverb Hiphil perf 3 sg mH954שָׂשׂוֹןjoynoun sg m absH8342מִן־fromprepH4480בְּנֵי[the] children ofnoun pl m cstrH1121אָדָם׃ סhumankindnoun sg m absH120 Gird 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.
חִגְרוּgird yourselvesverb Qal impv 2 pl mH2296וְסִפְדוּand lamentconj + verb Qal impv 2 pl mH5594הַכֹּהֲנִיםO priestsart + noun pl m absH3548הֵילִילוּwailverb Hiphil impv 2 pl mH3213מְשָׁרְתֵיO servants ofverb Piel ptc pl m cstrH8334מִזְבֵּחַ[the] altarnoun sg m absH4196בֹּאוּcomeverb Qal impv 2 pl mH935לִינוּspend [the] nightverb Qal impv 2 pl mH3885בַשַּׂקִּיםin the sackclothsprep Definite + noun pl m absH8242מְשָׁרְתֵיO servants ofverb Piel ptc pl m cstrH8334אֱלֹהָיGod mynoun pl m cstr + sfx 1 sg cH430כִּיforConditional ParticleH3588נִמְנַעit has been withheldverb Niphal perf 3 sg mH4513מִבֵּיתfrom [the] house ofprep + noun sg m cstrH1004אֱלֹהֵיכֶםGod yournoun pl m cstr + sfx 2 pl mH430מִנְחָהgrain offeringnoun sg f absH4503וָנָסֶךְ׃and drink offeringconj + noun sg m absH5262 Sanctify 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־consecrateverb Piel impv 2 pl mH6942צוֹםa fastnoun sg m absH6685קִרְאוּcallverb Qal impv 2 pl mH7121עֲצָרָהan assemblynoun sg f absH6116אִסְפוּgatherverb Qal impv 2 pl mH622זְקֵנִים[the] eldersadj pl m absH2205כֹּלallnoun sg m cstrH3605יֹשְׁבֵי[the] inhabitants ofverb Qal ptc pl m cstrH3427הָאָרֶץthe landart + noun sg f absH776בֵּית[the] house ofnoun sg m cstrH1004יְהוָהYahwehname TitleH3068אֱלֹהֵיכֶםGod yournoun pl m cstr + sfx 2 pl mH430וְזַעֲקוּand cry outconj + verb Qal impv 2 pl mH2199אֶל־toprepH413יְהוָה׃Yahwehname TitleH3068 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
אֲהָהּalas!InterjectionH162לַיּוֹםfor the dayprep Definite + noun sg m absH3117כִּיforConditional ParticleH3588קָרוֹב[is] nearadj sg m absH7138יוֹם[the] day ofnoun sg m cstrH3117יְהוָהYahwehname TitleH3068וּכְשֹׁדand like devastationconj + prep + noun sg m absH7701מִשַׁדַּיfrom [the] Almightyprep + name TitleH7706יָבוֹא׃it will comeverb Qal impf 3 sg mH935 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
הֲלוֹא¿ notInterrogative Particle + Negative ParticleH3808נֶגֶדbeforeadj sg m cstrH5048עֵינֵינוּeyes ournoun du f cstr + sfx 1 pl cH5869אֹכֶלfoodnoun sg m absH400נִכְרָתhas it been cut offverb Niphal perf 3 sg mH3772מִבֵּיתfrom [the] house ofprep + noun sg m cstrH1004אֱלֹהֵינוּGod ournoun pl m cstr + sfx 1 pl cH430שִׂמְחָהjoynoun sg f absH8057וָגִיל׃and rejoicingconj + noun sg m absH1524 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
עָבְשׁוּthey have shriveledverb Qal perf 3 pl cH5685פְרֻדוֹת[the] seedsnoun pl f absH6507תַּחַתundernoun sg m cstrH8478מֶגְרְפֹתֵיהֶםshovels theirnoun pl f cstr + sfx 3 pl mH4053נָשַׁמּוּthey are desolateverb Niphal perf 3 pl cH8074אֹצָרוֹת[the] storehousesnoun pl f absH214נֶהֶרְסוּthey have been torn downverb Niphal perf 3 pl cH2040מַמְּגֻרוֹת[the] granariesnoun pl f absH4460כִּיforConditional ParticleH3588הֹבִישׁit has dried upverb Hiphil perf 3 sg mH3001דָּגָן׃[the] grainnoun sg m absH1715 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
מַה־how!Interrogative pronH4100נֶּאֶנְחָהit has groanedverb Niphal perf 3 sg fH584בְהֵמָה[the] livestocknoun sg f absH929נָבֹכוּthey have wandered in confusionverb Niphal perf 3 pl cH943עֶדְרֵי[the] herds ofnoun pl m cstrH5739בָקָרcattlenoun sg c absH1241כִּיforConditional ParticleH3588אֵיןnotnoun sg m cstrH369מִרְעֶהpasturenoun sg m absH4829לָהֶם[belongs] to themprep + sfx 3 pl mH9038גַּם־alsoadvH1571עֶדְרֵי[the] flocks ofnoun pl m cstrH5739הַצֹּאןthe sheepart + noun sg c absH6629נֶאְשָׁמוּ׃they have sufferedverb Niphal perf 3 pl cH816 O 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.
אֵלֶיךָto youprep + sfx 2 sg mH413יְהוָהO Yahwehname TitleH3068אֶקְרָאI callverb Qal impf 1 sg cH7121כִּיforConditional ParticleH3588אֵשׁfirenoun sg c absH784אָכְלָהit has consumedverb Qal perf 3 sg fH398נְאוֹת[the] pastures ofnoun pl f cstrH4999מִדְבָּר[the] wildernessnoun sg m absH4057וְלֶהָבָהand a flameconj + noun sg f absH3852לִהֲטָהit has set ablazeverb Piel perf 3 sg fH3857כָּל־allnoun sg m cstrH3605עֲצֵי[the] trees ofnoun pl m cstrH6086הַשָּׂדֶה׃the fieldart + noun sg m absH7704 The 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־alsoadvH1571בַּהֲמוֹת[the] animals ofnoun pl f cstrH929שָׂדֶה[the] fieldnoun sg m absH7704תַּעֲרוֹגit pantsverb Qal impf 3 sg fH6165אֵלֶיךָto youprep + sfx 2 sg mH413כִּיforConditional ParticleH3588יָבְשׁוּthey have dried upverb Qal perf 3 pl cH3001אֲפִיקֵי[the] channels ofnoun pl m cstrH650מָיִםwaternoun pl m absH4325וְאֵשׁand fireconj + noun sg c absH784אָכְלָהit has consumedverb Qal perf 3 sg fH398נְאוֹת[the] pastures ofnoun pl f cstrH4999הַמִּדְבָּר׃ פthe wildernessart + noun sg m absH4057
Hebrew: Leningrad Codex. Tagging, glosses and parsing: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Strong’s numbers link to word studies.