Joel 1:13 Go deeper
← Joel 1 · ← verse 12 · verse 14 →
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. (KJV)
Hebrew words tap a word
חִגְר֨וּchig.Rugird yourselves
Lemma: חָגַר (cha.gar) · Strong's: H2296
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to gird
Used 44 times. Also: Exodus 12:11, Exodus 29:9, Leviticus 8:7, Leviticus 8:13, Leviticus 16:4, Deuteronomy 1:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2296; TAHOT Joel 1:13 word 1
וְסִפְד֜וּve.sif.Duand lament
Lemma: סָפַד (sa.phad) · Strong's: H5594
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to mourn
Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 23:2, Genesis 50:10, 1 Samuel 25:1, 1 Samuel 28:3, 2 Samuel 1:12, 2 Samuel 3:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5594; TAHOT Joel 1:13 word 2
הַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםha.ko.ha.NimO priests
Lemma: כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) · Strong's: H3548
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: priest
Used 750 times. Also: Genesis 14:18, Genesis 41:45, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3548; TAHOT Joel 1:13 word 3
הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙hei.Li.luwail
Lemma: יָלַל (ya.lal) · Strong's: H3213
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhv2mp)
Meaning: to wail
Used 29 times. Also: Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 14:31, Isaiah 15:2, Isaiah 15:3, Isaiah 16:7, Isaiah 23:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3213; TAHOT Joel 1:13 word 4
מְשָׁרְתֵ֣יme.sha.re.TeiO servants of
Lemma: שָׁרַת (sha.rat) · Strong's: H8334
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVprmpc)
Meaning: to minister
Used 96 times. Also: Genesis 39:4, Genesis 40:4, Exodus 24:13, Exodus 28:35, Exodus 28:43, Exodus 29:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8334; TAHOT Joel 1:13 word 5
מִזְבֵּ֔חַmiz.Be.ach[the] altar
Lemma: מִזְבֵּחַ (miz.be.ach) · Strong's: H4196
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: altar
Used 399 times. Also: Genesis 8:20, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:18, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4196; TAHOT Joel 1:13 word 6
בֹּ֚אוּBo.'ucome
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Joel 1:13 word 7
לִ֣ינוּLi.nuspend [the] night
Lemma: לוּן (lun) · Strong's: H3885A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to lodge
Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 24:54, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 31:54 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3885A; TAHOT Joel 1:13 word 8
בַשַּׂקִּ֔יםva.sa.Kimin <the> sackcloth<s>
Lemma: שַׂק (saq) · Strong's: H8242
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: sackcloth
Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 37:34, Genesis 42:25, Genesis 42:27, Genesis 42:35, Leviticus 11:32, Joshua 9:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8242; TAHOT Joel 1:13 word 9
מְשָׁרְתֵ֖יme.sha.re.TeiO servants of
Lemma: שָׁרַת (sha.rat) · Strong's: H8334
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVprmpc)
Meaning: to minister
Used 96 times. Also: Genesis 39:4, Genesis 40:4, Exodus 24:13, Exodus 28:35, Exodus 28:43, Exodus 29:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8334; TAHOT Joel 1:13 word 10
אֱלֹהָ֑י'e.lo.HaiGod my
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Joel 1:13 word 11
כִּ֥יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Joel 1:13 word 12
נִמְנַ֛עnim.Na'it has been withheld
Lemma: מָנַע (ma.na) · Strong's: H4513
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)
Meaning: to withhold
Used 29 times. Also: Genesis 30:2, Numbers 22:16, Numbers 24:11, 1 Samuel 25:26, 1 Samuel 25:34, 2 Samuel 13:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4513; TAHOT Joel 1:13 word 13
מִבֵּ֥יתmi.Beitfrom [the] house of
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004Q
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: temple
Used 398 times. Also: Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 23:18, Joshua 6:24, Joshua 9:23, Judges 9:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004Q; TAHOT Joel 1:13 word 14
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod your
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Joel 1:13 word 15
מִנְחָ֥הmin.Chahgrain offering
Lemma: מִנְחָה (min.chah) · Strong's: H4503G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: offering
Used 176 times. Also: Genesis 4:3, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:5, Exodus 29:41, Exodus 30:9, Exodus 40:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4503G; TAHOT Joel 1:13 word 16
וָנָֽסֶךְ\׃va.Na.sekhand drink offering
Lemma: נֶ֫סֶךְ (ne.sekh) · Strong's: H5262
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: drink offering
Used 63 times. Also: Genesis 35:14, Exodus 29:40, Exodus 29:41, Exodus 30:9, Leviticus 23:18, Leviticus 23:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5262; TAHOT Joel 1:13 word 17
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Put on [sackcloth] | → | חָגַר H2296 to gird |
| and lament | → | סָפַד H5594 to mourn |
| O priests | → | כֹּהֵן H3548 priest |
| wail | → | יָלַל H3213 to wail |
| O ministers | → | שָׁרַת H8334 to minister |
| of the altar | → | מִזְבֵּחַ H4196 altar |
| Come | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| spend the night | → | לוּן H3885A to lodge |
| in sackcloth | → | שַׂק H8242 sackcloth |
| O ministers | → | שָׁרַת H8334 to minister |
| of my God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
| because | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| the grain | → | מִנְחָה H4503G offering |
| and drink offerings | → | נֶ֫סֶךְ H5262 drink offering |
| are withheld | → | מָנַע H4513 to withhold |
| from the house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004Q house: temple |
| of your God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
🎤 SermonWeek helper
Tap the mic and talk.
Or just say “yes” or “no”.
Things you can say
Simple word rules, no AI service. It only opens pages for you; it never saves or sends anything. Open the full helper page