And the northernerוְ הַצְּפוֹנִיI will remove farאַרְחִיקfrom you,מֵעֲלֵיכֶםand I will drive himוְהִדַּחְתִּיוinto a landאֶל אֶרֶץdryצִיָּהand desolate,וּשְׁמָמָהhis frontפָּנָיוtowardאֶלthe easternהַקַּדְמֹנִיsea,הַיָּםand his rearוְסֹפוֹtowardאֶלthe westernהָאַחֲרוֹןsea;הַיָּםand his stenchבָאְשׁוֹwill go up,וְעָלָהand his foul smellצַחֲנָתוֹwill go up,וְתַעַלforכִּיhe has done great things.הִגְדִּיל לַעֲשׂוֹת
Joel 2:20
Study it in the app“And the northerner I will remove far from you, and I will drive him into a land dry and desolate, his front toward the eastern sea, and his rear toward the western sea; and his stench will go up, and his foul smell will go up, for he has done great things.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 2:20, word by word
- And the northernerצְּפוֹנִיtsefoni
the northerner
"The northern one": the one who comes from the north.
Where else “tsefoni” appears- I will remove farאַרְחִיקarchik
remove
To put something far away, remove it from oneself or from another.
Where else “archik” appears- and I will drive himהִדַּחְתִּיhidachti
banish
To push a people far from their land.
Where else “hidachti” appears- into a landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- dryצִיָּהtsiya
drought, dry land
Dryness; dry land, desert.
Where else “tsiya” appears- and desolateשְׁמָמָהshemama
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appears- his frontפָּנָיpanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “panay” appears- the easternקַּדְמֹנִיkadmoni
eastern
What is on the east side, where the sun rises.
Where else “kadmoni” appears- seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- and his rearסֹפsof
end
End: where something finishes.
Where else “sof” appears- the westernאַחֲרוֹןacharon
western
What lies behind, on the western side, like the western sea.
Where else “acharon” appears- and his stenchבָאְשׁvash
stench
A stench, the foul smell of what rots.
Where else “vash” appears- will go 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- and his foul smellצַחֲנָתtsachanat
stench
Stench, bad smell.
Where else “tsachanat” appears- he has done great thingsהִגְדִּילhigdil
make great
To give someone importance; do wonderful deeds.
Where else “higdil” appears- he has done great thingsעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears
The context
19And YHWH answered and said to his people, “Look at me: I am sending you the grain and the new wine and the oil, and you will be satisfied with it; and I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations.
20 · This verse (above)
21Do not fear, ground; rejoice and be glad, for YHWH has done great things.