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Hearשִׁמְעוּthis,זֹאתelders,הַזְּקֵנִיםand give ear,וְהַאֲזִינוּallכֹּלinhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵיof the land:הָאָרֶץHasהֶthisזֹּאתhappenedהָיְתָהin your days,בִּימֵיכֶםorוְאִםin the daysבִּימֵיof your fathers?אֲבֹתֵיכֶם
Joel 1:2
Study it in the app“Hear this, elders, and give ear, all inhabitants of the land: Has this happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 1:2, word by word
- Hearשִׁמְעוּshimu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appears- eldersזְּקֵנִיםzekenim
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekenim” appears- and give earהַאֲזִינוּhaazinu
listen, give ear
Give ear, listen carefully.
Where else “haazinu” appears- inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- happenedהָיְתָהhayta
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “hayta” appears- in your daysימֵיyme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appears- of your fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears
The context
1The word of YHWH that came to Joel, son of Pethuel.
2 · This verse (above)
3Tell your children about it, and your children their children, and their children another generation.