Joel 2:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.”

Joel 2:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joel 2:2318 words

HebrewMeaning

וּ/בְנֵ֣יwbənēy

and O people ofconjH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

צִיּ֗וֹןṣiywōn

ZionnounH6726

גִּ֤ילוּgiylw

be gladverbH1523

joy · be joyful · rejoice

וְ/שִׂמְחוּ֙wəśiməḥw

and rejoiceconjH8055

be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···

בַּ/יהוָ֣הbayhwāh

in YahwehpronH3068

the Lord. Compare

אֱלֹֽהֵי/כֶ֔םʾĕlōhēykem

God yournounH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

כִּֽיkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

נָתַ֥ןnātan

he has givenverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

לָ/כֶ֛םlākem

pron

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הַ/מּוֹרֶ֖הhamwōreh

the early rainparticleH4175

לִ/צְדָקָ֑הliṣədāqāh

for righteousnesspronH6666

moderately · right (act · -ly · -ness)

וַ/יּ֣וֹרֶדwaywōred

and he has sent downconjH3381

abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···

לָ/כֶ֗םlākem

pron

גֶּ֛שֶׁםgešem

rainnounH1653

shower

מוֹרֶ֥הmwōreh

early rainnounH4175

וּ/מַלְק֖וֹשׁwmaləqwōš

and spring rainconjH4456

בָּ/רִאשֽׁוֹןbāriʾšwōn

in the first monthpronH7223

before · beginning · eldest · first ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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