1
Blowתִּקְעוּthe hornשׁוֹפָרin Zion,בְּצִיּוֹןand sound the alarmוְהָרִיעוּon my holyקָדְשִׁיmountain;בְּהַרlet allכֹּלthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof the landהָאָרֶץtremble,יִרְגְּזוּforכִּיthe dayיוֹםof YHWHיְהוָהis coming,בָאforכִּיit is near;קָרוֹב
Joel 2:1
Study it in the app“Blow the horn in Zion, and sound the alarm on my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of YHWH is coming, for it is near;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 2:1, word by word
- Blowתִּקְעוּtiku
blow
To blow the trumpet.
Where else “tiku” appears- the hornשׁוֹפָרshofar
horn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofar” appears- in Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- and sound the alarmהָרִיעוּhariu
shout, sound an alarm
Make a loud sound: shout for joy or in alarm, acclaim, sound the signal with the trumpet.
Where else “hariu” appears- on my holyקָדְשִׁkadshi
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadshi” appears- mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
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- trembleיִרְגְּזוּyirgzu
tremble
For the body or the earth to shake from fear, pain or a very great force.
Where else “yirgzu” appears- the dayיוֹםyom
day of YHWH
"The day of YHWH", when he comes to judge.
Where else “yom” appears- 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- is comingבָאva
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “va” appears- it is nearקָרוֹבkarov
near
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “karov” appears
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of cloud and thick darkness; like the dawn spread over the mountains, a people great and mighty; its like has never been from of old, and after it there will not be again, to the years of generation after generation.