Joel 2:5
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
רֶכֶב
rekeb
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
עָלָה
ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
לֶהָבָה
lehâbâh
{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}
חָזָק
châzâq
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
מִלְחָמָה
milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
עָרַךְ
ʻârak
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָלָה ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
Study H5927 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →לֶהָבָה lehâbâh
{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}
Study H3852 →עָרַךְ ʻârak
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
Study H6186 →רֶכֶב rekeb
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
Study H7393 →מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
Study H4421 →Cross References
And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the ...
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and te...
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
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