Joel 2:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּק֣וֹל מַרְכָּב֗וֹת עַל־רָאשֵׁ֤י הֶֽהָרִים֙ יְרַקֵּד֔וּן כְּקוֹל֙ לַ֣הַב אֵ֔שׁ אֹכְלָ֖ה קָ֑שׁ כְּעַ֣ם עָצ֔וּם עֱר֖וּךְ מִלְחָמָֽה׃

Transliteration

Like-qôl merkābôt upon-rāʾshê the-hehārîm yeraqēdûn like-qôl lahab ʾēsh ʾōkhelâ qāsh like-ʿam ʿātsûm ʿărûkh milḥāmâ.

Grammar Details

*qôl*: masculine singular construct - sound of
*merkābôt*: feminine plural noun - chariots
*rāʾshê*: masculine plural construct - tops of/heads of
*hehārîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the mountains
*yeraqēdûn*: piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they leap/skip
*lahab*: masculine singular construct - flame of
*ʾēsh*: feminine singular noun - fire
*ʾōkhelâ*: qal participle, feminine singular - consuming/devouring
*qāsh*: masculine singular noun - stubble/straw
*ʿam*: masculine singular construct - people of
*ʿātsûm*: masculine singular adjective - mighty/strong
*ʿărûkh*: qal passive participle, masculine singular - arranged/set in order
*milḥāmâ*: feminine singular noun - battle/war

Word Meanings

*qôl*: sound/noise/voice
*merkābôt*: chariots/war vehicles
*yeraqēdûn*: they leap/they skip/they dance/they bound
*lahab*: flame/blaze
*ʾōkhelâ*: consuming/devouring/eating
*qāsh*: stubble/straw/chaff
*ʿātsûm*: mighty/strong/powerful
*ʿărûkh*: arranged/set in order/prepared

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Rev 9:9 : 9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to war.
Isa 5:24 : 24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isa 30:30 : 30 And Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of [his] anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, and tempest, and hailstones.
Nah 2:3-4 : 3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress [spears] are brandished. 4 The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.
Nah 3:2-3 : 2 The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots, 3 the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies; they stumble upon their bodies;—
Matt 3:12 : 12 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.

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