Joel 2:4

“Like the appearance of horses is its appearance, and like horsemen, so they run.”
Joel 2:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Like the appearanceכְּמַרְאֵהof horsesסוּסִיםis its appearance,מַרְאֵהוּand like horsemen,וּכְפָרָשִׁיםsoכֵּןthey run.יְרוּצוּן

Allusion · Revelation 9:9

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Both texts compare the noise to that of chariots and horses running into battle.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

קוֹלkolH6963φωνὴphōnēG5456“voice, sound”
מַרְכָּבוֹתmarkavotH4818ἁρμάτωνharmatōnG716“chariot”
סוּסִיםsusimH5483ἵππωνhippōnG2462“horse”
יְרוּצוּyerutsuH7323τρεχόντωνtrechontōnG5143“run”
מִלְחָמָהmiljamaH4421πόλεμονpolemonG4171“war, battle”

Joel 2:4, word by word

Like the appearanceמַרְאֵהmare

appearance

The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.

Where else “mare” appears

of horsesסוּסִיםsusim

horse

A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.

Where else “susim” appears

and like horsemenפָרָשִׁיםfarashim

horseman

A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.

Where else “farashim” appears

they runיְרוּצוּyerutsu

run

To move quickly on foot, at a run.

Where else “yerutsu” appears

The context

3Before 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.

4 · This verse (above)

5Like the sound of chariots on the tops of the mountains they leap, like the sound of a flame of fire devouring stubble, like a mighty people arrayed for battle.

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