Joel 1:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קַדְּשׁוּ־צוֹם֙ קִרְא֣וּ עֲצָרָ֔ה אִסְפ֣וּ זְקֵנִ֗ים כֹּ֚ל יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ בֵּ֖ית יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם וְזַעֲק֖וּ אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

Qaddəšû-ṣôm qirʾû ʿăṣārāh ʾisp̄û zəqēnîm kōl yōšəḇê hāʾāreṣ bêṯ YHWH ʾĕlōhêḵem wə-zaʿăqû ʾel-YHWH

Grammar Details

*Qaddəšû*: Piel imperative, masculine plural - consecrate, sanctify
*ṣôm*: noun, masculine singular - fast
*qirʾû*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - call, proclaim
*ʿăṣārāh*: noun, feminine singular - solemn assembly
*ʾisp̄û*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - gather
*zəqēnîm*: noun, masculine plural - elders
*kōl*: construct state - all of
*yōšəḇê*: Qal participle, masculine plural construct - inhabitants of, dwellers of
*hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
*bêṯ*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*ʾĕlōhêḵem*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your God
*wə*: conjunction - and
*zaʿăqû*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - cry out
*ʾel*: preposition - to, unto

Word Meanings

*Qaddəšû*: consecrate/sanctify/set apart
*ṣôm*: fast/abstention from food
*qirʾû*: call/proclaim/announce
*ʿăṣārāh*: solemn assembly/sacred gathering
*ʾisp̄û*: gather/assemble/collect
*yōšəḇê*: inhabitants of/dwellers of/residents of
*zaʿăqû*: cry out/call loudly/shriek

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Referenced Verses

Joel 2:15-16 : 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: 16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Jonah 3:8 : 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
Lev 23:36 : 36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
2 Chr 20:3-4 : 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
2 Chr 20:13 : 13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
Neh 8:18 : 18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.
Neh 9:2-3 : 2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. 3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
Deut 29:10-11 : 10 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, 11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

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