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Joel 1:20

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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.	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.	Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for [it is] nigh at hand;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The beasts^H929 of the field^H7704 cry^H6165 also unto thee: for the rivers^H650 of waters^H4325 are dried up^H3001, and the fire^H784 hath devoured^H398 the pastures^H4999 of the wilderness^H4057.

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Original Hebrew

גַּם־בַּהֲמֹות שָׂדֶה תַּעֲרֹוג אֵלֶיךָ כִּי יָבְשׁוּ אֲפִיקֵי מָיִם וְאֵשׁ אָכְלָה נְאֹות הַמִּדְבָּר׃ פ

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
גַּם	gam-	H1571	HTa	also
בַּהֲמ֥וֹת	ba.ha.Mot	H929	HNcfpc	(the) animals of
שָׂדֶ֖ה	sa.Deh	H7704	HNcmsa	(the) field
תַּעֲר֣וֹג	ta.'a.Rog	H6165	HVqi3fs	it pants
אֵלֶ֑י/ךָ	'e.Lei./kha	H413	HR/Sp2ms	to/ you
כִּ֤י	ki	H3588	HC	for
יָֽבְשׁוּ֙	ya.ve.Shu	H3001	HVqp3cp	they have dried up
אֲפִ֣יקֵי	'a.Fi.kei	H650	HNcmpc	(the) channels of
מָ֔יִם	Ma.yim	H4325	HNcmpa	water
וְ/אֵ֕שׁ	ve./'Esh	H784	HC/Ncbsa	and/ fire
אָכְלָ֖ה	'a.khe.Lah	H398	HVqp3fs	it has consumed
נְא֥וֹת	ne.'ot	H4999	HNcfpc	(the) pastures of
הַ/מִּדְבָּֽר	ha./mid.Bar	H4057	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ wilderness

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
• H650 — אָפִיק (ʼâphîyq, aw-feek'): from אָסַף; properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of astream; also a strong thing or a hero; brook, channel, mighty, river, [phrase] scale, stream, strong piece.
• H784 — אֵשׁ (ʼêsh, aysh): a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively); burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
• H929 — בְּהֵמָה (bᵉhêmâh, be-hay-maw'): from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute); properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective); beast, cattle.
• H3001 — יָבֵשׁ (yâbêsh, yaw-bashe'): a primitive root; to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage); be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), [idiom] utterly, wither (away).
• H4057 — מִדְבָּר (midbâr, mid-bawr'): from דָבַר in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs); desert, south, speech, wilderness.
• H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
• H4999 — נָאָה (nâʼâh, naw-aw'): from נָאָה; a home; figuratively, a pasture; habitation, house, pasture, pleasant place.
• H6165 — עָרַג (ʻârag, aw-rag'): a primitive root; to long for; cry, pant.
• H7704 — שָׂדֶה (sâdeh, saw-deh'): or שָׂדַי; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat); country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• cry — Job 38:41, Psalms 104:21, Psalms 145:15, Psalms 147:9
• the rivers — 1 Kings 17:7, 1 Kings 18:5

Reciprocal references (5): Psalms 107:33, Jeremiah 14:3, Jeremiah 14:4, Joel 1:18, Joel 2:3

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: BEASTS
• Nave’s: ANIMALS, FAMINE, NATION

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