Joel 1:4
What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.This verse in the real world
In what words
- גָּזָםgâzâma kind of locust
- חָסִילchâçîylthe ravager, i.e. a locust
- יֶלֶקyeleqa devourer; specifically, the young locust
- אַרְבֶּהʼarbeha locust (from its rapid increase)
- יֶתֶרyetherproperly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a
- אָכַלʼâkalto eat (literally or figuratively)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.