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Joel 2:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Joel 2:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joel 2:318 words
HebrewMeaning
לְ/פָנָי/ו֙ləpānāyw
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
אָ֣כְלָהʾākəlāh
burn upverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
אֵ֔שׁʾēš
burningnounH784
fiery · fire · flaming · hot
וְ/אַחֲרָ֖י/וwəʾaḥărāyw
after (thatconjH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
תְּלַהֵ֣טtəlahēṭ
burnverbH3857
set on fire · flaming · kindle
לֶֽהָבָ֑הlehābāh
flamenounH3852
head
כְּ/גַןkəgan
gardenpronH1588
עֵ֨דֶןʿēden
EdennounH5731
הָ/אָ֜רֶץhāʾāreṣ
earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
לְ/פָנָ֗י/וləpānāyw
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
וְ/אַֽחֲרָי/ו֙wəʾaḥărāyw
after (thatconjH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
מִדְבַּ֣רmidəbar
desertnounH4057
south · speech · wilderness
שְׁמָמָ֔הšəmāmāh
(laidnounH8077
most) desolate · waste
וְ/גַםwəgam
againconjH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
פְּלֵיטָ֖הpəlēyṭāh
deliverancenounH6413
escape · remnant
לֹאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הָ֥יְתָהhāyətāh
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לּֽ/וֹlwō
pron
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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