Joel 1:15

Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come."

Word-by-Word Analysis

אָח

ʼâch

H253

Oh! (expressive of grief or surprise)

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for the

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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for the

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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is at

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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and as a

שֶׁבֶר

sheber

H7667

a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)

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from the

שַׁדַּי

Shadday

H7706

the Almighty

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shall it

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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Key Terms in This Verse

Alas H253

אָח ʼâch

Oh! (expressive of grief or surprise)

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Almighty H7706

שַׁדַּי Shadday

the Almighty

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destruction H7667

שֶׁבֶר sheber

a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)

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hand H3027

יָד yâd

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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day H3117

יוֹם yôwm

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

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day H3117

יוֹם yôwm

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

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come H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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LORD H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

Jeremiah 30:7 cross-reference

Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.

Joel 2:31 cross-reference

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Joel 2:11 cross-reference

And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

Revelation 6:17 cross-reference

For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

James 5:9 cross-reference

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

Psalm 37:13 cross-reference

The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.