Joel 3 יוֹאֵל פרק ג׳

Masoretic Text, word by word with transliteration and English glosses, the English verse beneath each. Open Joel 3 in the interlinear reader for roots and notes, or listen to it read aloud in Hebrew.

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   וְהָיָהve/ha/YAand it shall come to passאַחֲרֵי־כֵןa/cha/RE-khenafterwardאֶשְׁפּוֹךְesh/POKHI will pour outאֶת־רוּחִיet-Ru/CHImy Spiritעַל־כׇּל־בָּשָׂרal-kol-ba/SARupon all fleshוְנִבְּאוּve/nib/be/Uand shall prophesyבְּנֵיכֶםbe/ne/KHEMyour sonsוּבְנוֹתֵיכֶםu/ve/no/te/KHEMand your daughtersזִקְנֵיכֶםzik/ne/KHEMyour old menחֲלֹמוֹתcha/lo/MOTdreamsיַחֲלֹמוּןya/cha/lo/MUNshall dreamבַּחוּרֵיכֶםba/chu/re/KHEMyour young menחֶזְיֹנוֹתchez/yo/NOTvisionsיִרְאוּ׃yir/Ushall see

   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:

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   וְגַםve/GAMand alsoעַל־הָעֲבָדִיםal-ha/a/va/DIMupon the servantsוְעַל־הַשְּׁפָחוֹתve/AL-hash/she/fa/CHOTand upon the handmaidsבַּיָּמִיםbay/ya/MIMin the daysהָהֵמָּהha/HEM/mathoseאֶשְׁפּוֹךְesh/POKHI will pour outאֶת־רוּחִי׃et-Ru/CHImy Spirit

   And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

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   וְנָתַתִּיve/na/tat/TIand I will showמוֹפְתִיםmof/TIMwondersבַּשָּׁמַיִםbash/sha/MA/yimin the heavensוּבָאָרֶץu/va/A/retsand in the earthדָּםdambloodוָאֵשׁva/ESHand fireוְתִימְרוֹתve/ti/me/ROTand pillars ofעָשָׁן׃a/SHANsmoke

   And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

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   הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhash/SHE/meshthe sunיֵהָפֵךְye/ha/FEKHshall be turnedלְחֹשֶׁךְle/CHO/shekhto darknessוְהַיָּרֵחַve/hay/ya/RE/achand the moonלְדָםle/DAMinto bloodלִפְנֵיlif/NEbeforeבּוֹאbothe coming ofיוֹםyomthe day ofיְהֹוָהAdonaithe LORDהַגָּדוֹלhag/ga/DOLthe greatוְהַנּוֹרָא׃ve/han/no/RAand terrible

   The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

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   וְהָיָהve/ha/YAand it shall come to passכֹּלkolwhosoeverאֲשֶׁר־יִקְרָאa/SHER-yik/RAthat shall callבְּשֵׁםbe/SHEMin the name ofיְהֹוָהAdonaithe LORDיִמָּלֵטyim/ma/LETshall be deliveredכִּיkiforבְּהַר־צִיּוֹןbe/HAR-tsiy/YONin mount Zionוּבִירוּשָׁלַ͏ִםu/Vi/ru/sha/LA/yimand in Jerusalemתִּהְיֶהtih/YEshall beפְלֵיטָהfe/le/TAdeliveranceכַּאֲשֶׁרka/a/SHERasאָמַרa/MARhas saidיְהֹוָהAdonaithe LORDוּבַשְּׂרִידִיםu/vas/se/ri/DIMand in the remnantאֲשֶׁרa/SHERwhomיְהֹוָהAdonaithe LORDקֹרֵא׃ko/REcalls

   And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.