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Forכִּיa nationגוֹיhas come upעָלָהagainstעַלmy land,אַרְצִיmightyעָצוּםand withoutוְאֵיןnumber;מִסְפָּרits teethשִׁנָּיוare the teethשִׁנֵּיof a lion,אַרְיֵהand it hasלוֹthe fangsוּמְתַלְּעוֹתof a lioness.לָבִיא
Joel 1:6
Study it in the app“For a nation has come up against my land, mighty and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the fangs of a lioness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 1:6, word by word
- a nationגוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- has come upעָלָהala
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appears- my landאַרְצִartsi
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsi” appears- mightyעָצוּםatsum
mighty, numerous
Strong, mighty; numerous.
Where else “atsum” appears- numberמִסְפָּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears- its teethשִׁנָּיshinay
tooth
The hard piece in the mouth used to bite and chew.
Where else “shinay” appears- of a lionאַרְיֵהarye
lion
Lion.
Where else “arye” appears- the fangsמְתַלְּעוֹתmetalot
teeth, fangs
Fangs, jaw teeth: the teeth one bites with.
Where else “metalot” appears- of a lionessלָבִיאlavi
lioness
Lioness (or full-grown lion).
Where else “lavi” appears
The context
5Wake up, drunkards, and weep; and wail, all who drink wine, over the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.
6 · This verse (above)
7It has made my vine a desolation, and my fig tree splinters; it has stripped it bare and thrown it down; its branches have turned white.