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Do notאַלfear,תִּירְאִיground;אֲדָמָהrejoiceגִּילִיand be glad,וּשְׂמָחִיforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas done great things.הִגְדִּיל לַעֲשׂוֹת
Joel 2:21
Study it in the app“Do not fear, ground; rejoice and be glad, for YHWH has done great things.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 2:21, word by word
- fearתִּירְאִיtiri
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tiri” appears- groundאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears- rejoiceגִּילִיgili
rejoice
To rejoice: to be very glad, to leap for joy.
Where else “gili” appears- and be gladשְׂמָחִיsemachi
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “semachi” appears- 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- has done great thingsהִגְדִּילhigdil
make great
To give someone importance; do wonderful deeds.
Where else “higdil” appears- has done great thingsעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears
The context
20And the northerner I will remove far from you, and I will drive him into a land dry and desolate, his front toward the eastern sea, and his rear toward the western sea; and his stench will go up, and his foul smell will go up, for he has done great things.
21 · This verse (above)
22Do not fear, livestock of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness have turned green; for the tree bears its fruit, fig tree and vine give their strength.