Joel 2:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְנֵ֣י צִיּ֗וֹן גִּ֤ילוּ וְשִׂמְחוּ֙ בַּיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם כִּֽי־נָתַ֥ן לָכֶ֛ם אֶת־הַמּוֹרֶ֖ה לִצְדָקָ֑ה וַיּ֣וֹרֶד לָכֶ֗ם גֶּ֛שֶׁם מוֹרֶ֥ה וּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ בָּרִאשֽׁוֹן׃

Transliteration

And-benê Tsiyôn gîlû and-simḥû in-YHWH ʾĕlōhêkhem because-nātan to-you [plural] ʾet-the-môreh to-tsedāqâ and-yôred to-you [plural] geshem môreh and-malqôsh in-the-rîʾshôn.

Grammar Details

• *benê*: masculine plural construct - sons of/children of
• *Tsiyôn*: proper noun - Zion
• *gîlû*: qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - rejoice/be glad
• *simḥû*: qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - rejoice/be joyful
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêkhem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your God
• *nātan*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has given
• *môreh*: masculine singular noun - early rain
• *tsedāqâ*: feminine singular noun - righteousness
• *yôred*: hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he sends down
• *geshem*: masculine singular noun - rain/shower
• *malqôsh*: masculine singular noun - latter rain
• *rîʾshôn*: masculine singular adjective with definite article - the first/former

Word Meanings

• *benê*: sons of/children of
• *gîlû*: rejoice/be glad/exult
• *simḥû*: rejoice/be joyful/be happy
• *môreh*: early rain/autumn rain
• *tsedāqâ*: righteousness/justice/right measure
• *yôred*: sends down/causes to descend
• *geshem*: rain/shower/downpour
• *malqôsh*: latter rain/spring rain
• *rîʾshôn*: the first/former/beginning

Referenced Verses

• Lev 26:4 : 4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
• Isa 12:2-6 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. 3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. 4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. 5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
• Deut 11:14 : 14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
• Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
• Ps 149:2 : 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
• Isa 41:16 : 16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
• Hab 3:17-18 : 17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
• Zeph 3:14-17 : 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. 16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. 17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
• Zech 10:1 : 1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
• Zech 10:7 : 7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
• Joel 2:28-29 : 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
• Isa 30:23 : 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
• Phil 3:1 : 1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
• Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
• Phil 4:4 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
• Deut 32:2 : 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
• Job 33:23 : 23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
• Ps 28:7 : 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
• Ps 32:11-33:1 : 11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. 1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
• Deut 28:12 : 12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
• Ps 95:1-3 : 1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
• Ps 104:34 : 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
• Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
• Jer 3:3 : 3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
• Jer 5:24 : 24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
• Isa 30:21 : 21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
• Jas 5:7-8 : 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
• Luke 1:46-47 : 46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
• Gal 4:26-27 : 26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
• Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
• Amos 4:7 : 7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
• Prov 16:15 : 15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
• Lam 4:2 : 2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
• Ps 72:6-7 : 6 He shall come down{H8799)} like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish{H8799)}; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
• Zech 9:13 : 13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
• Eph 4:8-9 : 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;