And it will happenוְהָיָהon that dayבַיּוֹם הַהוּאthat the mountainsהֶהָרִיםwill dripיִטְּפוּsweet wine,עָסִיסand the hillsוְהַגְּבָעוֹתwill flowתֵּלַכְנָהwith milk,חָלָבand allוְכָלthe streambedsאֲפִיקֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהwill runיֵלְכוּwith water;מָיִםand a springוּמַעְיָןwill go outיֵצֵאfrom the houseמִבֵּיתof YHWHיְהוָהand waterוְהִשְׁקָהthe wadiנַחַלof the Acacias.הַשִּׁטִּים
Joel 3:18
Study it in the app“And it will happen on that day that the mountains will drip sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk, and all the streambeds of Judah will run with water; and a spring will go out from the house of YHWH and water the wadi of the Acacias.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 3:18, word by word
- And it will happenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- that the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- will dripיִטְּפוּyitfu
drip
To let fall drop by drop, like rain or honey.
Where else “yitfu” appears- sweet wineעָסִיסasis
juice
Juice, fresh wine from the grapes.
Where else “asis” appears- and the hillsגְּבָעוֹתgevaot
hill
Hill.
Where else “gevaot” appears- will flowתֵּלַכְנָהtelachna
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telachna” appears- with milkחָלָבchalav
milk
Milk.
Where else “chalav” appears- the streambedsאֲפִיקֵיafike
channel
The bottom along which a brook or the sea runs.
Where else “afike” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- with waterמָיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- and a springמַעְיָןmayan
spring, fountain
Spring, fountain of water; figuratively, a source.
Where else “mayan” appears- will go outיֵצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- from the houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” 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- and waterהִשְׁקָהhishka
water
To water the land.
Where else “hishka” appears- the wadiנַחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- of the Acaciasשִּׁטִּיםshitim
Shittim
Shittim, a place east of the Jordan where Israel camped before crossing it. The name means "acacias."
Where else “shitim” appears
Translation note
“The Acacias”: in Hebrew, Shittim. Compare Ezekiel 47:1-12.
The context
17And you will know that I am YHWH your Elohim, who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain; and Jerusalem will be holy, and strangers will no longer pass through her.
18 · This verse (above)
19Egypt will become a desolation, and Edom will become a desolate wilderness, because of the violence done to the children of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.