Joel 1:4

“What the cutting locust left, the locust has eaten; and what the locust left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust left, the hopping locust has eaten.”

Joel 1:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joel 1:4, word by word

What the cutting locust leftיֶתֶרyeter

rest

What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.

Where else “yeter” appears
What the cutting locust leftגָּזָםgazam

cutting locust

"Gazam": a kind of locust that gnaws and cuts plants.

Where else “gazam” appears
the locustאַרְבֶּהarbe

locust

Locust: an insect that comes in huge swarms and devours everything green.

Where else “arbe” appears
has eatenאָכַלachal

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “achal” appears
the young locustיָּלֶקyalek

young locust

A young locust, at the stage when it does not yet fly and devours everything green. The name comes from the idea of "licking" or "devouring".

Where else “yalek” appears
the hopping locustחָסִילchasil

locust

Locust: a kind of locust, or the locust in one of its stages, that devours the crops.

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Translation note

These are four names of the locust; they may be different kinds or stages of its growth.

The context

3Tell your children about it, and your children their children, and their children another generation.

4 · This verse (above)

5Wake up, drunkards, and weep; and wail, all who drink wine, over the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.

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