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Be ashamed,הֹבִישׁוּfarmers;אִכָּרִיםwail,הֵילִילוּvinedressers,כֹּרְמִיםoverעַלthe wheatחִטָּהand overוְעַלthe barley,שְׂעֹרָהforכִּיthe harvestקְצִירof the fieldשָׂדֶהhas perished.אָבַד
Joel 1:11
Study it in the app“Be ashamed, farmers; wail, vinedressers, over the wheat and over the barley, for the harvest of the field has perished.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 1:11, word by word
- Be ashamedהֹבִישׁוּhovishu
be ashamed
To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.
Where else “hovishu” appears- farmersאִכָּרִיםikarim
farmer
Farmer: one who works and sows the land.
Where else “ikarim” appears- wailהֵילִילוּhelilu
howl, wail
To howl, to wail: to cry out loud in grief or alarm.
Where else “helilu” appears- vinedressersכֹּרְמִיםkormim
vinedresser
Vinedresser: one who tends and works the vineyards (2 Kings 25:12; Isaiah 61:5; Joel 1:11).
Where else “kormim” appears- the wheatחִטָּהchita
wheat
Wheat.
Where else “chita” appears- the barleyשְׂעֹרָהseora
barley
Barley.
Where else “seora” appears- the harvestקְצִירketsir
harvest
To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.
Where else “ketsir” appears- of the fieldשָׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- has perishedאָבַדavad
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avad” appears
The context
10The field is devastated, the ground mourns; for the grain is devastated, the new wine has dried up, the oil languishes.
11 · This verse (above)
12The vine has dried up, and the fig tree languishes; pomegranate, palm too, and apple tree, all the trees of the field have dried up; for joy has dried up from among human beings.