Gatherאִסְפוּthe people,עָםconsecrateקַדְּשׁוּthe assembly,קָהָלbring togetherקִבְצוּthe elders,זְקֵנִיםgatherאִסְפוּthe childrenעוֹלָלִיםand those nursingוְיֹנְקֵיat the breasts;שָׁדָיִםlet the bridegroomחָתָןgo outיֵצֵאfrom his room,מֵחֶדְרוֹand the brideוְכַלָּהfrom her canopy.מֵחֻפָּתָהּ
Joel 2:16
Study it in the app“Gather 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 2:16, word by word
- Gatherאִסְפוּisfu
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “isfu” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- consecrateקַדְּשׁוּkadshu
consecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “kadshu” appears- the assemblyקָהָלkahal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appears- bring togetherקִבְצוּkivtsu
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “kivtsu” appears- the eldersזְקֵנִיםzekenim
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekenim” appears- the childrenעוֹלָלִיםolalim
young child
A small child, an infant. Said of young children, often together with "the nursing child."
Where else “olalim” appears- and those nursingיֹנְקֵיyonke
suck
For a baby to take milk from his mother's breast.
Where else “yonke” appears- at the breastsשָׁדָיִםshadayim
breasts
Breasts (of a nursing mother).
Where else “shadayim” appears- let the bridegroomחָתָןchatan
bridegroom
The man who is marrying or newly married.
Where else “chatan” appears- go outיֵצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- from his roomחֶדְרchedr
inner room
Inner room, private chamber.
Where else “chedr” appears- and the brideכַלָּהchala
bride
A woman newly married.
Where else “chala” appears- from her canopyחֻפָּתָchupata
bridal chamber
A room prepared for newlyweds.
Where else “chupata” appears
The context
15Blow the horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, call a solemn assembly.
16 · This verse (above)
17Between the porch and the altar let the priests, the ministers of YHWH, weep, and let them say, “Have pity, YHWH, on your people, and do not make your inheritance a reproach, for the nations to mock them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their Elohim?’”