Joel 2:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִסְפוּ־עָ֞ם קַדְּשׁ֤וּ קָהָל֙ קִבְצ֣וּ זְקֵנִ֔ים אִסְפוּ֙ עֽוֹלָלִ֔ים וְיֹנְקֵ֖י שָׁדָ֑יִם יֵצֵ֤א חָתָן֙ מֵֽחֶדְר֔וֹ וְכַלָּ֖ה מֵחֻפָּתָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

ʾIsfû-ʿām qaddeshû qāhāl qibtsû zeqēnîm ʾisfû ʿôlālîm and-yōneqê shādāyim yētsēʾ ḥātān from-ḥedrô and-kallâ from-ḥuppātāh.

Grammar Details

*ʾIsfû*: qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - gather/assemble
*ʿām*: masculine singular noun - people
*qaddeshû*: piel imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - consecrate/sanctify
*qāhāl*: masculine singular noun - assembly/congregation
*qibtsû*: qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - gather/collect
*zeqēnîm*: masculine plural noun - elders/old men
*ʾisfû*: qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - gather/assemble
*ʿôlālîm*: masculine plural noun - children/infants
*yōneqê*: masculine plural construct - sucklings of
*shādāyim*: masculine dual noun - breasts
*yētsēʾ*: qal imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine singular - let him go out
*ḥātān*: masculine singular noun - bridegroom
*ḥedrô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his chamber
*kallâ*: feminine singular noun - bride
*ḥuppātāh*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her chamber/canopy

Word Meanings

*ʾIsfû*: gather/assemble/collect
*qaddeshû*: consecrate/sanctify/set apart
*qibtsû*: gather/collect/assemble
*ʿôlālîm*: children/infants/babes
*yōneqê*: sucklings of/nursing children
*yētsēʾ*: let him go out/come out/depart
*ḥātān*: bridegroom/son-in-law
*ḥedrô*: his chamber/room/inner room
*ḥuppātāh*: her chamber/canopy/bridal chamber

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 20:13 : 13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
1 Cor 7:5 : 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
1 Sam 16:5 : 5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
Exod 19:10 : 10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
Exod 19:22 : 22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
2 Chr 29:5 : 5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
2 Chr 29:23-24 : 23 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them: 24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
2 Chr 30:17 : 17 For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.
2 Chr 30:19 : 19 That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
2 Chr 35:6 : 6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Job 1:5 : 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Ps 19:5 : 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Joel 1:14 : 14 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,
Jonah 3:7-8 : 7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: 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.
Zech 12:11-14 : 11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. 12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; 13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; 14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
Matt 9:15 : 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
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:
Josh 7:13 : 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
Exod 19:15 : 15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

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