Put on sackclothחִגְרוּand lament,וְסִפְדוּpriests;הַכֹּהֲנִיםwail,הֵילִילוּministersמְשָׁרְתֵיof the altar;מִזְבֵּחַcome,בֹּאוּspend the nightלִינוּin sackcloth,בַשַּׂקִּיםministersמְשָׁרְתֵיof my Elohim;אֱלֹהָיforכִּיgrain offeringמִנְחָהand libationוָנָסֶךְare withheldנִמְנַעfrom the houseמִבֵּיתof your Elohim.אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
Joel 1:13
Study it in the app“Put on sackcloth and lament, priests; wail, ministers of the altar; come, spend the night in sackcloth, ministers of my Elohim; for grain offering and libation are withheld from the house of your Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 1:13, word by word
- Put on sackclothחִגְרוּchigru
gird
Gird: fasten a garment, a belt or a weapon around the waist for walking, working or fighting.
Where else “chigru” appears- and lamentסִפְדוּsifdu
mourn, lament
Mourn, lament: wail over the dead with the customary signs of grief, such as beating the breast.
Where else “sifdu” appears- priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- wailהֵילִילוּhelilu
howl, wail
To howl, to wail: to cry out loud in grief or alarm.
Where else “helilu” appears- ministersמְשָׁרְתֵיmesharte
minister
To serve in worship before YHWH.
Where else “mesharte” appears- of the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears- comeבֹּאוּbou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bou” appears- spend the nightלִינוּlinu
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “linu” appears- in sackclothשַּׂקִּיםsakim
sackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sakim” appears- of my Elohimאֱלֹהָeloha
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears- grain offeringמִנְחָהmincha
grain offering
The grain offering.
Where else “mincha” appears- and libationנָסֶךְnasech
libation
Wine or other drink poured as an offering.
Where else “nasech” appears- are withheldנִמְנַעnimna
withhold
Withhold, refuse, hold back.
Where else “nimna” appears- from the houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appears
The context
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.
13 · This verse (above)
14Consecrate a fast, call a solemn assembly; gather the elders, all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of YHWH your Elohim, and cry out to YHWH.