Joel 1:14

“Consecrate 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.”

Joel 1:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joel 1:14, word by word

Consecrateקַדְּשׁוּkadshu

consecrate

To set apart people, things or a day for God.

Where else “kadshu” appears
a fastצוֹםtsom

fast

Fast: going without food for a time, as a sign of mourning, of sorrow for sin, or of pleading with God.

Where else “tsom” appears
callקִרְאוּkiru

proclaim

To announce aloud.

Where else “kiru” appears
a solemn assemblyעֲצָרָהatsara

solemn assembly

A gathering of the people on a feast day.

Where else “atsara” appears
gatherאִסְפוּisfu

assemble

To bring people together in one place.

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the eldersזְקֵנִיםzekenim

elder

The senior men who led a city or the people.

Where else “zekenim” appears
the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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of the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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to the houseבֵּיתbet

temple

The temple: "the house of YHWH".

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of YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
and cry outזַעֲקוּzaaku

cry out

To shout for help, above all to YHWH.

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The context

13Put 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.

14 · This verse (above)

15Ah, the day! For near is the day of YHWH, and like destruction from Shaddai it will come.

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