en_tn/jol/01/01.md

General Information:

God speaks through Joel to the people of Israel using poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)

the word of Yahweh that came to Joel

This idiom is used to announce that God gave messages to Joel. Alternate translation: "the message Yahweh gave to Joel" or "the message Yahweh spoke to Joel" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom)

Yahweh

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.

Pethuel

Joel's father (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names)