Joel

Joel 2:28–31

²⁸And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people.

Your sons and daughters will prophesy,

your old men will dream dreams,

your young men will see visions.

²⁹Even on My menservants and maidservants,

I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

³⁰I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth,

blood and fire and columns^g of smoke.

³¹The sun will be turned to darkness

and the moon to blood

before the coming of the great and awesome^h Day of the LORD.

Footnotes

g 2:30 LXX clouds or billows
h 2:31 Or dreadful; LXX glorious

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Joel 2:28

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And	וְהָיָ֣ה	wə·hā·yāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
afterward	אַֽחֲרֵי־	’a·ḥă·rê-	Preposition	H310 behind
I will pour out	אֶשְׁפּ֤וֹךְ	’eš·pō·wḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H8210 pour out, pour
My Spirit	רוּחִי֙	rū·ḥî	Noun - common singular construct; first person common singular	H7307 breath, wind, spirit
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
people	בָּשָׂ֔ר	bā·śār	Noun - masculine singular	H1320 flesh
Your sons	בְּנֵיכֶ֣ם	bə·nê·ḵem	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H1121 son
and daughters	וּבְנֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם	ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯê·ḵem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H1323 daughter
will prophesy	וְנִבְּא֖וּ	wə·nib·bə·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H5012 prophesy
your old	זִקְנֵיכֶם֙	ziq·nê·ḵem	Adjective - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H2205 old
men will dream dreams	יַחֲלֹמ֔וּן	ya·ḥă·lō·mūn	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H2492 be healthy, strong
your young men	בַּח֣וּרֵיכֶ֔ם	ba·ḥū·rê·ḵem	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H970 young man
will see	יִרְאֽוּ׃	yir·’ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7200 see
visions	חֶזְיֹנ֖וֹת	ḥez·yō·nō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H2384 vision

Joel 2:29

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Even	וְגַ֥ם	wə·ḡam	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
menservants	הָֽעֲבָדִ֖ים	hā·‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5650 slave, servant
and	וְעַל־	wə·‘al-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5921 height
maidservants	הַשְּׁפָח֑וֹת	haš·šə·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H8198 maid, maid-servant
I will pour out	אֶשְׁפּ֖וֹךְ	’eš·pō·wḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H8210 pour out, pour
My Spirit	רוּחִֽי׃	rū·ḥî	Noun - common singular construct; first person common singular	H7307 breath, wind, spirit
in those	הָהֵ֔מָּה	hā·hêm·māh	Article; Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
days	בַּיָּמִ֣ים	bay·yā·mîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day

Joel 2:30

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will show	וְנָֽתַתִּי֙	wə·nā·ṯat·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H5414 give, put, set
wonders	מֽוֹפְתִ֔ים	mō·wp̄·ṯîm	Noun - masculine plural	H4159 wonder, sign, portent
in the heavens	בַּשָּׁמַ֖יִם	baš·šā·ma·yim	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and on the earth	וּבָאָ֑רֶץ	ū·ḇā·’ā·reṣ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
blood	דָּ֣ם	dām	Noun - masculine singular	H1818 blood
and fire	וָאֵ֔שׁ	wā·’êš	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common singular	H784 fire
and columns	וְתִֽימֲר֖וֹת	wə·ṯî·mă·rō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct	H8490 column, cloud
of smoke	עָשָֽׁן׃	‘ā·šān	Noun - masculine singular	H6227 smoke

Joel 2:31

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The sun	הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙	haš·še·meš	Article; Noun - common singular	H8121 sun
will be turned	יֵהָפֵ֣ךְ	yê·hā·p̄êḵ	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2015 turn, overturn
to darkness	לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְ	lə·ḥō·šeḵ	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H2822 darkness, obscurity
and the moon	וְהַיָּרֵ֖חַ	wə·hay·yā·rê·aḥ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3394 moon
to blood	לְדָ֑ם	lə·ḏām	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H1818 blood
before	לִפְנֵ֗י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
the coming	בּ֚וֹא	bō·w	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H935 come in, come, go in, go
of the great	הַגָּד֖וֹל	hag·gā·ḏō·wl	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H1419 great
and awesome	וְהַנּוֹרָֽא׃	wə·han·nō·w·rā	Conjunctive waw, Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H3372 fear
Day	י֣וֹם	yō·wm	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
of the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh