Joel 2:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִפָּנָ֖יו יָחִ֣ילוּ עַמִּ֑ים כָּל־פָּנִ֖ים קִבְּצ֥וּ פָארֽוּר׃

Transliteration

From-pānāyw yāḥîlû ʿammîm all-pānîm qibbetsû pāʾrûr.

Grammar Details

*pānāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his face/his presence
*yāḥîlû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they writhe/they are in anguish
*ʿammîm*: masculine plural noun - peoples/nations
*pānîm*: masculine plural noun - faces
*qibbetsû*: piel perfect, 3rd person plural - they gather/collect
*pāʾrûr*: masculine singular noun - glow/redness/paleness

Word Meanings

*yāḥîlû*: they writhe/they are in anguish/they tremble
*ʿammîm*: peoples/nations/tribes
*qibbetsû*: they gather/collect/draw in
*pāʾrûr*: glow/redness/paleness/blackness

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Referenced Verses

Nah 2:10 : 10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
Isa 13:8 : 8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Jer 30:6 : 6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Lam 4:8 : 8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
Jer 8:21 : 21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Ps 119:83 : 83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

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