Joel 1:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּם־בַּהֲמ֥וֹת שָׂדֶ֖ה תַּעֲר֣וֹג אֵלֶ֑יךָ כִּ֤י יָֽבְשׁוּ֙ אֲפִ֣יקֵי מָ֔יִם וְאֵ֕שׁ אָכְלָ֖ה נְא֥וֹת הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃

Transliteration

Gam-bahămôṯ śāḏeh taʿărôḡ ʾēlêḵā kî yāḇšû ʾăp̄îqê māyim wə-ʾēš ʾāḵlāh nəʾôṯ hammiḏbār

Grammar Details

*Gam*: adverb - also, even
*bahămôṯ*: noun, feminine plural construct - beasts of
*śāḏeh*: noun, masculine singular - field
*taʿărôḡ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - pants, longs
*ʾēlêḵā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
*kî*: conjunction - for, because
*yāḇšû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are dried up
*ʾăp̄îqê*: noun, masculine plural construct - channels of
*māyim*: noun, masculine plural - water
*wə*: conjunction - and
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular - fire
*ʾāḵlāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - has devoured
*nəʾôṯ*: noun, feminine plural construct - pastures of
*hammiḏbār*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the wilderness

Word Meanings

*bahămôṯ*: beasts of/animals of
*taʿărôḡ*: pants/longs/yearns
*yāḇšû*: they are dried up/they are parched
*ʾăp̄îqê*: channels of/streams of/water courses of
*māyim*: water/waters
*ʾēš*: fire/flame
*ʾāḵlāh*: has devoured/consumed/eaten
*nəʾôṯ*: pastures/dwelling places/habitations
*hammiḏbār*: the wilderness/the desert/the uncultivated land

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 104:21 : 21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
1 Kgs 17:7 : 7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
1 Kgs 18:5 : 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
Job 38:41 : 41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Ps 145:15 : 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
Ps 147:9 : 9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

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