Joel 1:2
Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land! Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?This verse in the real world
In what words
- אָזַןʼâzanto broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen
- אִםʼimused very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, altho
- זָקֵןzâqênold
- יָשַׁבyâshabproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwe
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively,
- יוֹםyôwma day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.