Joel 2:3

“Before it fire devours, and behind it flame blazes; like the garden of Eden is the land before it, and behind it a desolate wilderness; and nothing escapes it.”

Joel 2:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joel 2:3, word by word

Before itפָנָיfanay

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

Where else “fanay” appears
fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

Where else “esh” appears
devoursאָכְלָהachla

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

Where else “achla” appears
flameלֶהָבָהlehava

flame

Fire that rises and shines as it burns.

Where else “lehava” appears
blazesתְּלַהֵטtelahet

set ablaze

Set ablaze, set on fire.

Where else “telahet” appears
like the gardenגַןgan

garden

Garden: an enclosed and tended piece of land, with trees and water.

Where else “gan” appears
of Edenעֵדֶןeden

Eden

Eden, the name of the region where God planted the garden. In Hebrew the word sounds just like "delight".

Where else “eden” appears
is the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
a desolateשְׁמָמָהshemama

desolation

Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.

Where else “shemama” appears
wildernessמִדְבַּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

Where else “midbar” appears
escapesפְּלֵיטָהpeleta

escape

Managing to get out of danger: the escape.

Where else “peleta” appears
escapesהָיְתָהhayta

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “hayta” appears

The context

2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of cloud and thick darkness; like the dawn spread over the mountains, a people great and mighty; its like has never been from of old, and after it there will not be again, to the years of generation after generation.

3 · This verse (above)

4Like the appearance of horses is its appearance, and like horsemen, so they run.

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