JOËL 1:6
Car un peuple est venu fondre sur mon pays, Puissant et innombrable. Il a les dents d’un lion, Les mâchoires d’une lionne.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מְתַלְּעָהmᵉthallᵉʻâhproperly, a biter, i.e. a tooth
- עָצוּםʻâtsûwmpowerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous
- שֵׁןshêna tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
- אֲרִיʼărîya lion
- מִסְפָּרmiçpâra number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (
- גּוֹיgôwya foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of
- עָלָהʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jol 2:25, Pro 30:14, Rev 9:7–10, Jol 2:2–11, Isa 8:8, Hos 9:3, Psa 107:34, Isa 32:13