Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #367180

OSHB Joel 2:23 גִּילוּ (gīlū) Strongs=1523 Lemma=‘גִּיל’
contextual word gloss=‘be_glad’ word gloss=‘rejoice’
Morphology=Vqv2mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural
Year=-800 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Joel

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Only use of identical word form ‘גִּילוּ’ (Morphology=Vqv2mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘גִּילוּ’ (Morphology=Vqv2mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘be_glad’.

JOEL 2:23 contextual word gloss=‘be_glad’ word gloss=‘rejoice’ OSHB JOEL 2:23 word 3

OET-LV: 23 And_the _sons of _Tsiyyōn/(Zion) be _glad and_rejoice in_YHWH god _of_your(pl) if/because he _has _given to/for_you(pl) DOM the _early_rain for_righteousness and_he _has _sent _down to/for_you(pl) rain early _rain and_spring _rain in_month. (JOL_2:23)

OET-RV: ⇔  23 And be glad, you descendants of Tsiyyon (Zion),
⇔ and celebrate about your god Yahweh,
⇔ because he’s given you the early rain as vindication,
⇔ and he’s brought down showers for you—
⇔ the early rains and the late rains like before. (JOL 2:23)