Joel 2:31
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- יָרֵחַyârêachthe moon
- חֹשֶׁךְchôshekthe dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance,
- הָפַךְhâphakto turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
- שֶׁמֶשׁshemeshthe sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched bat
- דָּםdâmblood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of
- יָרֵאyârêʼto fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlgreat (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- יוֹםyôwma day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Rev 6:12–13, Mat 24:29, Mal 4:1, Mal 4:5, Jol 3:15, Mrk 13:24–25, Zep 1:14–16, Jol 2:10