Proclaimקִרְאוּthisזֹאתamong the nations;בַּגּוֹיִםconsecrateקַדְּשׁוּwar;מִלְחָמָהrouseהָעִירוּthe mighty men;הַגִּבּוֹרִיםlet them draw near,יִגְּשׁוּlet them come up,יַעֲלוּallכֹּלthe menאַנְשֵׁיof war.הַמִּלְחָמָה
Joel 3:9
Study it in the app“Proclaim this among the nations; consecrate war; rouse the mighty men; let them draw near, let them come up, all the men of war.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.”