Joel
Joel 2:12
12“Yet even now,”
declares the LORD,
“return to Me with all your heart,
with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yet even | וְגַם־ | wə·ḡam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| now | עַתָּה֙ | ‘at·tāh | Adverb | H6258 now |
| declares | נְאֻם־ | nə·’um- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5002 utterance |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| return | שֻׁ֥בוּ | šu·ḇū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H7725 turn back, return |
| to Me | עָדַ֖י | ‘ā·ḏay | Preposition; first person common singular | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| with all | בְּכָל־ | bə·ḵāl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| your heart | לְבַבְכֶ֑ם | lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural | H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart |
| with fasting | וּבְצ֥וֹם | ū·ḇə·ṣō·wm | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular | H6685 fasting, fast |
| weeping | וּבְבְכִ֖י | ū·ḇə·ḇə·ḵī | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular | H1065 weeping |
| and mourning | וּבְמִסְפֵּֽד׃ | ū·ḇə·mis·pêḏ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular | H4553 wailing |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
James 4:8–9 · Isaiah 55:6–7 · 2 Chronicles 7:13–14 · Hosea 12:6 · Jeremiah 29:12–13 · Jeremiah 4:1 · Hosea 6:1 · Deuteronomy 4:29–30 · Acts 26:20 · 1 Samuel 7:6 · Jonah 3:5–8 · Zechariah 1:3–4
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.