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Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: (KJV)
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תִּקְע֥וּtik.'Ugive a blast on
Lemma: תָּקַע (ta.qa) · Strong's: H8628
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to blow
Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 31:25, Exodus 10:19, Numbers 10:3, Numbers 10:4, Numbers 10:5, Numbers 10:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8628; TAHOT Joel 2:15 word 1
שׁוֹפָ֖רsho.Fara ram's horn
Lemma: שֹׁפָר (sho.phar) · Strong's: H7782
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: trumpet
Used 72 times. Also: Exodus 19:16, Exodus 19:19, Exodus 20:18, Leviticus 25:9, Joshua 6:4, Joshua 6:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7782; TAHOT Joel 2:15 word 2
בְּצִיּ֑וֹןbe.tzi.Yonin Zion
Lemma: צִיּוֹן (tsiy.yon) · Strong's: H6726
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Zion
Used 154 times. Also: 2 Samuel 5:7, 1 Kings 8:1, 2 Kings 19:21, 2 Kings 19:31, 1 Chronicles 11:5, 2 Chronicles 5:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6726; TAHOT Joel 2:15 word 3
קַדְּשׁוּ\־ka.de.shu-consecrate
Lemma: קָדַשׁ (qa.dash) · Strong's: H6942G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVpv2mp)
Meaning: to consecrate: consecate
Used 127 times. Also: Genesis 2:3, Exodus 19:10, Exodus 19:14, Exodus 19:22, Exodus 19:23, Exodus 20:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6942G; TAHOT Joel 2:15 word 4
צ֖וֹםTzoma fast
Lemma: צוֹם (tsom) · Strong's: H6685
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: fast
Used 26 times. Also: 2 Samuel 12:16, 1 Kings 21:9, 1 Kings 21:12, 2 Chronicles 20:3, Ezra 8:21, Nehemiah 9:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6685; TAHOT Joel 2:15 word 5
קִרְא֥וּkir.'Ucall
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to call: call to
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 16:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121G; TAHOT Joel 2:15 word 6
עֲצָרָֽה\׃'a.tza.Rahan assembly
Lemma: עֲצָרָה (a.tsa.rah) · Strong's: H6116
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: assembly
Used 11 times. Also: Leviticus 23:36, Numbers 29:35, Deuteronomy 16:8, 2 Kings 10:20, 2 Chronicles 7:9, Nehemiah 8:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6116; TAHOT Joel 2:15 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Blow | → | תָּקַע H8628 to blow |
| the ram’s horn | → | שֹׁפָר H7782 trumpet |
| in Zion | → | צִיּוֹן H6726 Zion |
| consecrate | → | קָדַשׁ H6942G to consecrate: consecate |
| a fast | → | צוֹם H6685 fast |
| proclaim | → | קָרָא H7121G to call: call to |
| a sacred assembly | → | עֲצָרָה H6116 assembly |
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).
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