Though in English we may employ two different orders, the prophet Joel or “Joel the prophet,” in many languages only one order is regarded as correct for combining a proper noun (the name) and a function. More often than not, the proper name comes first and the function is treated as a qualifier, for example, “Joel, who was a prophet.” Prophet should focus attention on the fact that such a person “spoke for God” rather than on his function of foretelling the future. In other words, the focus is upon