Hebrew Interlinear

Joel 1:6 Interlinear

For a nation is come up upon my land strong and without number are the teeth are the teeth of a lion and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2גוֹי֙H1471For a nationa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
3עָלָ֣הH5927is come upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
4עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
5אַרְצִ֔יH776upon my landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
6עָצ֖וּםH6099strongpowerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous
7וְאֵ֣יןH369a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
8מִסְפָּ֑רH4557and without numbera number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
9שִׁנֵּ֣יH8127are the teetha tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
10שִׁנֵּ֣יH8127are the teetha tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
11אַרְיֵ֔הH738of a liona lion
12וּֽמְתַלְּע֥וֹתH4973and he hath the cheek teethproperly, a biter, i.e., a tooth
13לָבִ֖יאH3833of a great liona lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))
14לֽוֹ׃H0

Verse Context

Joel 1:5Awake ye drunkards and weep and howl all ye drinkers...
Joel 1:6 (current) For a nation is come up upon my land strong and without number are the teeth are the teeth of a lion and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion
Joel 1:7He hath laid my vine waste my fig tree and barked bare...

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