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# General Information:
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God speaks through Joel to the people of Israel using poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# the word of Yahweh that came to Joel
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This idiom is used to announce that God gave messages to Joel. AT: "the message Yahweh gave to Joel" or "the message Yahweh spoke to Joel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Yahweh
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This is the name of God that he revealed to his people in the Old Testament. See the translationWord page about Yahweh concerning how to translate this.
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# Pethuel
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Joel's father (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# Has anything like this happened in your days or in the days of your ancestors?
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Joel is preparing the elders to listen to what he has to say. This can be translated as a statement. AT: "Nothing like this has ever happened before either to you or to your ancestors" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# their children the next generation
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You may need to fill in the words that have been left out. AT: "let their children tell the generation after them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/wordofgod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/joel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/elder]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/generation]] |