## Rashi on Joel Chapter 1

###### Rashi on Joel 1:1:1
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**אֶל יוֹאֵל בֶּן פְּתוּאֵל.** בֶּן שְׁמוּאֵל הַנָּבִיא, שֶׁפִּתָּה לָאֵל בִּתְפִלָּתוֹ, יֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים שֶׁנְּבוּאָה זוֹ נֶאֶמְרָה בְּאוֹתָן שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים שֶׁאָמַר אֱלִישָׁע (מלכים ב ח:א) ״כִּי קָרָא ה׳ לָרָעָב וְגוֹ׳״ וּבִימֵי יְהוֹרָם בֶּן אַחְאָב הָיוּ. וּבַהֲלָכוֹת גְּדוֹלוֹת נִמְצָא יוֹאֵל וְנָחוּם וַחֲבַקּוּק הָיוּ בִּימֵי מְנַשֶּׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to Joel son of Pethuel**—The son of Samuel the prophet who persuaded God with his prayer (פִתָּה לְאֵל) . Some say that this prophecy was said in those seven years in which Elisha said: “For the Lord has decreed a famine etc.” and they took place during the days of Jehoram son of Ahab.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:2:1
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**הֲהָיְתָה זֹּאת.** הָאֲמוּרָה לְמַטָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Did this come about**—I.e., what is mentioned below.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:4:1
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**יֶתֶר הַגָּזָם וְגוֹ׳.** גָּזָם אַרְבֶּה יֶלֶק חָסִיל מִינֵי גּוֹבַאי הֵם וְנִתְנַבֵּא עֲלֵיהֶם שֶׁיָּבֹאוּ וּבָאוּ בְּאוֹתָן הַיָּמִים וְכִלּוּ כָּל פְּרִי הָעֵץ וִירַק הַשָּׂדֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**What the shearing locust left over**—Gazam, arbeh, yelek, hasil are species of locusts and he prophesied concerning them that they would come in those days and destroy all the fruit of the trees and the herbs of the field.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:5:1
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**עָסִיס.** יַיִן הַטּוֹב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the strong wine**—Heb. עָסִיס, good wine.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:6:1
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**גּוֹי עָלָה עַל אַרְצִי.** הַגּוֹבַאי הַזֶּה כִּנָּהוּ כְּצָבָא גּוֹי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For a nation has ascended upon my land**—He named these locusts as a host of nations.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:6:2
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**וּמְתַלְּעוֹת.** הֵן הַשִּׁנַּיִם הַגַּסִּין שֶׁלּוֹעֵס בָּהֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and its molars are like those of a young lion**—These are the thick teeth with which he chews.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:7:1
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**לִקְצָפָה.** לְמַפַּח נֶפֶשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**into a disappointment**—Heb. לִקְצָפָה, into a disappointment.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:7:2
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**חָשַׂף חֲשָׂפָהּ וְהִשְׁלִיךְ.** קִלּוּף קְלִפּוֹת הָעֵץ וְהִשְׁלִיכוֹ עַד הִלְבִּינוּ זְמוֹרוֹת הַגֶּפֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he has peeled it and cast it off**—He has peeled off the bark of the tree and cast it off until the branches of the vine have become white.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:8:1
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**אֱלִי.** ׳קִינָה׳ מְתַרְגְּמִינָן ׳אִילְיָא׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Lament** Heb. אֱלִי. Lamentations (קִינָה) is translated into Aramic as אִילְיָא.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:9:1
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**הָכְרַת.** כְּמוֹ ׳נִכְרַת׳, הֵ״א הַנְּקוּדָה בְּחָטַף קָמַץ עוֹמֶדֶת בִּמְקוֹם נוּ״ן כְּמוֹ ״וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הָשְׁלְמָה לָךְ״ (איוב ה:כג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have been cut off** Heb. הָכְרַת, like נִכְרַת. The “hey” vowelized with a short “kamatz” takes the place of a “nun.” Comp. (Job 5:23), “And the beast of the field made peace (הָשְׁלְמָה) with you.”


###### Rashi on Joel 1:11:1
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**הוֹבִישׁוּ.** הִכָּלְמוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Be ashamed** Heb. הֹבִישוּ


###### Rashi on Joel 1:11:2
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**אִכָּרִים.** מַנְהִיגֵי הַמַּחֲרֵשָׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**plowmen** Heb. אִכָּרִים. Those who guide the plowshare.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:11:3
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**עַל חִטָּה וְעַל שְׂעוֹרָה.** מוּסָב עַל אִכָּרִים, וְעַל הַכּוֹרְמִים אָמַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for wheat and for barley**—This refers back to the plowmen, and concerning the vine dressers, he says...


###### Rashi on Joel 1:12:1
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**הַגֶּפֶן הוֹבִישָׁה וְהַתְּאֵנָה אֻמְלָלָה.** נִכְרְתָה פָּסַק פִּרְיָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The vines have dried up, and the fig trees have been cut off** Heb. הוֹבִישָׁה, it was cut off, its produce terminated.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:12:2
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**הוֹבִישׁ.** כְּמוֹ ׳יָבֵשׁ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**has dried up** Heb. הֹבִיש, like יָבֵש


###### Rashi on Joel 1:14:1
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**קַדְּשׁוּ צוֹם.** הַזְמִינוּ צוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Proclaim a fast** Heb. קַדְּשׁוּ, designate a fast


###### Rashi on Joel 1:14:2
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**עֲצָרָה.** אֲסִיפָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**an assembly** Heb. עֲצָרָה, a gathering.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:15:1
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**אֲהָהּ.** לְשׁוֹן גְּנִיחַת יְלָלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Woe** Heb. אֲהָהּ. An expression of sighing and wailing.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:15:2
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**וּכְשׁוֹד.** וּכְבִזַּת שׁוֹדְדִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and like plunder** Heb. וּכְשֹׁד. Like the plunder of brigands.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:15:3
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**יָבוֹא.** מֵאֵת הַמָּקוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**it will come**—from the Omnipresent.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:16:1
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**נֶגֶד עֵינֵינוּ.** אָנוּ רוֹאִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from before our eyes**—I.e., we see it.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:17:1
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**עָבְשׁוּ.** הֶעֱלוּ חֲלוּדָה וְעִפּוּשׁ בְּלַעַ״ז מוי״ישיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have gathered mold** Heb. עָבְשׁוּ, have gathered rust and mold. in French moisir, to become moldy.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:17:2
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**פְּרֻדּוֹת.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן ״גַּרְבֵּי חַמְרָא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**casks of wine** Heb. פְרֻדּדוֹת. *Jonathan* renders: casks of wine.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:17:3
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**מֶגְרְפֹתֵיהֶם.** תַּרְגּוּם יוֹנָתָן ״מְגוּפָתְהוֹן״ מְגוּפַת כִּסּוּי הֶחָבִיּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**under their bungs** Heb. מֶגְרְפֹתֵיהֶם. *Jonathan* renders: מְגוּפָתֵיהוֹן, the cover of the cask.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:17:4
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**נָשַׁמּוּ אוֹצָרוֹת.** שֶׁל יַיִן וְשֶׁל שֶׁמֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the storehouses are laid desolate**—I.e. the storehouses of wine and oil.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:17:5
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**מַמְּגֻרוֹת.** מְגוּרוֹת שֶׁל חִטִּין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**garners are demolished**—Granaries of wheat.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:18:1
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**נָבֻכוּ.** נִתְעַרְבְּלוּ וְנִסְגְּרוּ וְתָעוּ בַּיְּעָרִים וּבַמִּדְבָּרוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**herds of cattle are perplexed**—They are confounded. They are closed in and astray in the forests and in the wilderness.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:18:2
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**נֶאְשָׁמוּ.** נִתְקַלְקְלוּ בְּאַשְׁמָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**are laid waste** Heb. נֶאְשָׁמוּ. have become spoiled through their guilt.


###### Rashi on Joel 1:19:1
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**נְאוֹת מִדְבָּר.** לְשׁוֹן ׳נָוֶה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the dwellings of the wilderness** Heb. נְאוֹת, an expression of a dwelling (נָוֶה).


###### Rashi on Joel 1:20:1
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**תַּעֲרוֹג.** תִּצְעַק כַּאֲשֶׁר פָּתַר דּוּנַשׁ עָרַג לְאַיָּלִים נָהַם לִשְׁחָלִים וְגָעָה לַעֲגָלִים וְצָהַל לְסוּסִים צִפְצוּף לְעוֹפוֹת וְנָבַח לִכְלָבִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**cry out** Heb. תַּעֲרֹג, will cry out, as Dunash (*Teshuvoth Dunash*, p. 18) interpreted it: ערג is the cry of the hinds. נהם is the roar of the lions; געה is the lowing of the calves; צהל is the whinnying of the horses; צִפצוּף is the chirping of the birds, and נבח is the barking of the dogs. [**Also the beasts of the field**—I.e., the hind of the field.]