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Beatכֹּתּוּyour plowsharesאִתֵּיכֶםinto swords,לַחֲרָבוֹתand your pruning hooksוּמַזְמְרֹתֵיכֶםinto spears;לִרְמָחִיםlet the weakהַחַלָּשׁsay,יֹאמַר“Iאָנִיam a mighty man.”גִּבּוֹר
Joel 3:10
Study it in the app“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 3:10, word by word
- Beatכֹּתּוּkotu
beat out
To beat metal until it takes another shape, as when making tools or weapons.
Where else “kotu” appears- your plowsharesאִתֵּיite
mattock
Mattock, hoe or other digging tool; elsewhere "plowshare" (Isaiah 2:4).
Where else “ite” appears- into swordsחֲרָבוֹתcharavot
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charavot” appears- and your pruning hooksמַזְמְרֹתֵיmazmrote
pruning knife
A pruning knife, used to cut vines.
Where else “mazmrote” appears- into spearsרְמָחִיםremachim
spear
Spear, lance.
Where else “remachim” appears- let the weakחַלָּשׁchalash
weak
Weak, feeble.
Where else “chalash” appears- sayיֹאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- am a mighty manגִּבּוֹרgibor
warrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “gibor” appears
Translation note
Compare Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3, where it is the other way around.
The context
9Proclaim this among the nations; consecrate war; rouse the mighty men; let them draw near, let them come up, all the men of war.
10 · This verse (above)
11Hurry and come, all the nations round about, and gather together there. Bring down, YHWH, your mighty men.