I will gatherוְקִבַּצְתִּיallכָּלthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםand bring them downוְהוֹרַדְתִּיםtoאֶלthe valleyעֵמֶקof Jehoshaphat,יְהוֹשָׁפָטand I will enter into judgmentוְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּיwith themעִמָּםthereשָׁםon account ofעַלmy peopleעַמִּיand my inheritance,וְנַחֲלָתִיIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלwhomאֲשֶׁרthey scatteredפִּזְּרוּamong the nations,בַגּוֹיִםand my landוְאֶת אַרְצִיthey divided up.חִלֵּקוּ
Joel 3:2
Study it in the app“I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will enter into judgment with them there on account of my people and my inheritance, Israel, whom they scattered among the nations, and my land they divided up.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 3:2, word by word
- I will gatherקִבַּצְתִּיkibatsti
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “kibatsti” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- and bring them downהוֹרַדְתִּיhoradti
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “horadti” appears- the valleyעֵמֶקemek
valley
Valley, broad low plain.
Where else “emek” appears- of Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָטyehoshafat
Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat: the name of several men; among them David's recorder (2 Samuel 8:16) and a king of Judah (1 Kings 22). It means "YHWH has judged." It is also the name of a valley (Joel 3).
Where else “yehoshafat” appears- and I will enter into judgmentנִשְׁפַּטְתִּיnishpatti
call to account
To call to account, punish.
Where else “nishpatti” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- and my inheritanceנַחֲלָתִnachalati
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalati” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- they scatteredפִּזְּרוּpizru
scatter
To scatter, to disperse.
Where else “pizru” appears- and my landאַרְצִartsi
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsi” appears- they divided upחִלֵּקוּchileku
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “chileku” appears
Translation note
“Jehoshaphat” means “YHWH judges.”
The context
1For look, in those days and at that time, when I turn back the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 · This verse (above)
3And for my people they cast lots, and gave the boy for a prostitute, and the girl they sold for wine, and drank it.