Joel 1:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵלֶ֥יךָ יְהוָ֖ה אֶקְרָ֑א כִּ֣י אֵ֗שׁ אָֽכְלָה֙ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֔ר וְלֶ֣הָבָ֔ה לִהֲטָ֖ה כָּל־עֲצֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃

Transliteration

ʾÊlêḵā YHWH ʾeqrāʾ kî ʾēš ʾāḵlāh nəʾôṯ miḏbār wə-lehāḇāh lihăṭāh kāl-ʿăṣê haśśāḏeh

Grammar Details

*ʾÊlêḵā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*ʾeqrāʾ*: Qal imperfect, 1st person common singular - I call, I cry out
*kî*: conjunction - for, because
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular - fire
*ʾāḵlāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - has devoured
*nəʾôṯ*: noun, feminine plural construct - pastures of
*miḏbār*: noun, masculine singular - wilderness, desert
*wə*: conjunction - and
*lehāḇāh*: noun, feminine singular - flame
*lihăṭāh*: Piel perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - has scorched
*kāl*: construct state - all of
*ʿăṣê*: noun, masculine plural construct - trees of
*haśśāḏeh*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the field

Word Meanings

*ʾeqrāʾ*: I call/I cry out/I call upon
*ʾēš*: fire/flame
*ʾāḵlāh*: has devoured/consumed/eaten
*nəʾôṯ*: pastures/dwelling places/habitations
*miḏbār*: wilderness/desert/uncultivated land
*lehāḇāh*: flame/blaze
*lihăṭāh*: has scorched/has set ablaze/has burned
*ʿăṣê*: trees of/woods of

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Referenced Verses

Ps 50:15 : 15 And call{H8798)} upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver{H8762)} thee, and thou shalt glorify{H8762)} me.
Jer 9:10 : 10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
Amos 7:4 : 4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
Mic 7:7 : 7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Hab 3:17-18 : 17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Luke 18:1 : 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Luke 18:7 : 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Phil 4:6-7 : 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Joel 2:3 : 3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Ps 91:15 : 15 He shall call{H8799)} upon me, and I will answer{H8799)} him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver{H8762)} him, and honour{H8762)} him.

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