Joel

Joel 1:15–16

¹⁵Alas for the day!

For the Day of the LORD is near,

and it will come

as destruction from the Almighty.^b

¹⁶Has not the food been cut off

before our very eyes —

joy and gladness

from the house of our God?

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Alas	אֲהָ֖הּ	’ă·hāh	Interjection	H162 alas!
for the day	לַיּ֑וֹם	lay·yō·wm	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
For	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the Day	י֣וֹם	yō·wm	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
of the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
is near	קָרוֹב֙	qā·rō·wḇ	Adjective - masculine singular	H7138 near
and it will come	יָבֽוֹא׃	yā·ḇō·w	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
as destruction	וּכְשֹׁ֖ד	ū·ḵə·šōḏ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H7701 violence, havoc, devastation, ruin
from the Almighty	מִשַׁדַּ֥י	mi·šad·day	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7706 Almighty

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Has not	הֲל֛וֹא	hă·lō·w	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
the food	אֹ֣כֶל	’ō·ḵel	Noun - masculine singular	H400 food
been cut off	נִכְרָ֑ת	niḵ·rāṯ	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3772 cut off, cut down
before	נֶ֥גֶד	ne·ḡeḏ	Preposition	H5048 what is conspicuous or in front
our very eyes	עֵינֵ֖ינוּ	‘ê·nê·nū	Noun - cdc; first person common plural	H5869 eye
joy	שִׂמְחָ֥ה	śim·ḥāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8057 joy, gladness, mirth
and gladness	וָגִֽיל׃	wā·ḡîl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H1524 rejoicing
from the house	מִבֵּ֥ית	mib·bêṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of our God	אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ	’ĕ·lō·hê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H430 God

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Joel 1:15 Isaiah 13:6–9 · Jeremiah 30:7 · Zephaniah 1:14–18 · Ezekiel 7:2–12 · Joel 2:11 · Joel 2:31 · Revelation 6:17 · James 5:9 · Psalm 37:13 · Amos 5:16–18 · Luke 19:41–44 · Joel 2:1–2

Joel 1:16 Psalm 43:4 · Psalm 105:3 · Deuteronomy 12:6–7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.