Before itלְפָנָיוfireאֵשׁdevours,אָכְלָהand behind itוְאַחֲרָיוflameלֶהָבָהblazes;תְּלַהֵטlike the gardenכְּגַןof Edenעֵדֶןis the landהָאָרֶץbefore it,לְפָנָיוand behind itוְאַחֲרָיוa desolateשְׁמָמָהwilderness;מִדְבַּרand nothingוְגַם לֹאescapesפְּלֵיטָה הָיְתָהit.לּוֹ
Joel 2:3
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.