Joel 2:20
Old Testament • 26 words with Strong's data
"But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָחַק
râchaq
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
צָפוֹן
tsâphôwn
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
חַיִל
chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
עָקָר
ʻâqâr
sterile (as if extirpated in the generative organs)
שָׁמֵם
shâmêm
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
קָדִים
qâdîym
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
מָנַע
mânaʻ
to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury
חֵלֶק
chêleq
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
בָּאַשׁ
bâʼash
to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Key Terms in This Verse
צָפוֹן tsâphôwn
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
Study H6828 →חַיִל chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Study H2428 →Cross References
And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto you...
Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
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