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Evenגַּםthe livestockבַּהֲמוֹתof the fieldשָׂדֶהlongתַּעֲרוֹגfor you,אֵלֶיךָforכִּיthe channelsאֲפִיקֵיof waterמָיִםhave dried up,יָבְשׁוּand fireוְאֵשׁhas devouredאָכְלָהthe pasturesנְאוֹתof the wilderness.הַמִּדְבָּר
Joel 1:20
Study it in the app“Even the livestock of the field long for you, for the channels of water have dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 1:20, word by word
- the livestockבַּהֲמוֹתbahamot
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “bahamot” appears- of the fieldשָׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- longתַּעֲרוֹגtaarog
long for, pant
To long for, to desire eagerly; said of a thirsty animal that seeks water and pants for it.
Where else “taarog” appears- the channelsאֲפִיקֵיafike
channel
The bottom along which a brook or the sea runs.
Where else “afike” appears- of waterמָיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- have dried upיָבְשׁוּyavshu
dry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “yavshu” appears- and fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- has devouredאָכְלָהachla
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achla” appears- the pasturesנְאוֹתneot
pasture
A meadow where the flock grazes and rests.
Where else “neot” appears- of the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears
The context
19To you, YHWH, I cry, for fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flame has scorched all the trees of the field.
20 · This verse (above)