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Blowתִּקְעוּthe hornשׁוֹפָרin Zion,בְּצִיּוֹןconsecrateקַדְּשׁוּa fast,צוֹםcallקִרְאוּa solemn assembly.עֲצָרָה
Joel 2:15
Study it in the app“Blow the horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, call a solemn assembly.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 2:15, 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- 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
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
14Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave behind him a blessing, a grain offering and a libation for YHWH your Elohim.
15 · This verse (above)
16Gather the people, consecrate the assembly, bring together the elders, gather the children and those nursing at the breasts; let the bridegroom go out from his room, and the bride from her canopy.