Revised Literal Translation

Joel 2:28-32

28And it shall come to pass afterwardאַֽחֲרֵי־'a.cha.rei-H310, thatI will pour outאֶשְׁפּ֤וֹךְ'esh.PokhH8210my spiritרוּחִי֙ru.ChiH7307upon all fleshבָּשָׂ֔רba.SarH1320;and your sonsבְּנֵיכֶ֣םbe.nei.KhemH1121and your daughtersוּבְנֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑םu.ve.no.tei.KhemH1323shall prophesyוְנִבְּא֖וּve.ni.be.'UH5012,your old menזִקְנֵיכֶם֙zik.nei.KhemH2205shall dreamיַחֲלֹמ֔וּןya.cha.lo.MunH2492dreamsחֲלֹמ֣וֹתcha.lo.MotH2472,your young menבַּח֣וּרֵיכֶ֔םba.Chu.rei.KhemH970shall seeיִרְאֽוּ׃yir.'UH7200visionsחֶזְיֹנ֖וֹתchez.yo.NotH2384:

29And also upon the servantsהָֽעֲבָדִ֖יםha.'a.va.DimH5650and upon the handmaidsהַשְּׁפָח֑וֹתha.she.fa.ChotH8198in those daysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117will I pour outאֶשְׁפּ֖וֹךְ'esh.PokhH8210my spiritרוּחִֽי׃ru.ChiH7307.

30And I will shewוְנָֽתַתִּי֙ve.na.ta.TiH5414wondersמֽוֹפְתִ֔יםmof.TimH4159in the heavensבַּשָּׁמַ֖יִםba.sha.Ma.yimH8064and in the earthוּבָאָ֑רֶץu.va.'A.retzH776,bloodדָּ֣םdamH1818,and fireוָאֵ֔שׁva.'EshH784,and pillarsוְתִֽימֲר֖וֹתve.ti.ma.RotH8490of smokeעָשָֽׁן׃'a.ShanH6227.

31The sunהַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ha.She.meshH8121shall be turnedיֵהָפֵ֣ךְye.ha.FekhH2015into darknessלְחֹ֔שֶׁךְle.Cho.shekhH2822,and the moonוְהַיָּרֵ֖חַve.hai.ya.Re.achH3394into bloodלְדָ֑םle.DamH1818,beforeלִפְנֵ֗יlif.NeiH6440the greatהַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.DolH1419and the terribleוְהַנּוֹרָֽא׃ve.ha.no.Ra'H3372dayי֣וֹםYomH3117of Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068comeבּ֚וֹאBo'H935.

32And it shall come to pass, thatwhosoever shall callיִקְרָ֛אyik.Ra'H7121on the nameבְּשֵׁ֥םbe.ShemH8034of Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068shall be deliveredיִמָּלֵ֑טyi.ma.LetH4422:for in mountבְּהַר־be.har-H2022Zionצִיּ֨וֹןtzi.YonH6726and in Jerusalemוּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֜םu.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389shall be deliveranceפְלֵיטָ֗הfe.lei.TahH6413,as Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068hath saidאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559,and in the remnantוּבַ֨שְּׂרִידִ֔יםu.Va.se.ri.DimH8300whom Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068shall callקֹרֵֽא׃ko.Re'H7121.

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