Joel 3:9

“Proclaim this among the nations; consecrate war; rouse the mighty men; let them draw near, let them come up, all the men of war.”

Joel 3:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joel 3:9, word by word

Proclaimקִרְאוּkiru

proclaim

To announce aloud.

Where else “kiru” appears
among the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
consecrateקַדְּשׁוּkadshu

consecrate

To set apart people, things or a day for God.

Where else “kadshu” appears
warמִלְחָמָהmilchama

war, battle

War, battle.

Where else “milchama” appears
rouseהָעִירוּhairu

stir up

To move someone to act, as YHWH a king.

Where else “hairu” appears
the mighty menגִּבּוֹרִיםgiborim

warrior

A brave warrior, or a capable man.

Where else “giborim” appears
let them draw nearיִגְּשׁוּyigshu

come near

To go until one is near someone or something.

Where else “yigshu” appears
let them come upיַעֲלוּyaalu

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

Where else “yaalu” appears
the menאַנְשֵׁיanshe

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “anshe” appears

The context

8And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far away; for YHWH has spoken.

9 · This verse (above)

10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”

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