Joel 2:5
With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.
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ASV
Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
KJV
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.
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כְּק֣וֹל | ke.Kol | like [the] sound of | H6963 → |
| מַרְכָּב֗וֹת | mar.ka.Vot | chariots | H4818 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | over | H5921 → |
| רָאשֵׁ֤י | ra.Shei | [the] tops of | H7218 → |
| הֶֽהָרִים֙ | he.ha.Rim | the mountains | H2022 → |
| יְרַקֵּד֔וּן | ye.ra.ke.Dun | they leap ! | H7540 → |
| כְּקוֹל֙ | ke.kOl | like [the] sound of | H6963 → |
| לַ֣הַב | La.hav | a flame of | H3851 → |
| אֵ֔שׁ | 'Esh | fire | H784 → |
| אֹכְלָ֖ה | 'o.khe.Lah | consuming | H398 → |
| קָ֑שׁ | Kash | stubble | H7179 → |
| כְּעַ֣ם | ke.'Am | like a people | H5971 → |
| עָצ֔וּם | 'a.Tzum | mighty | H6099 → |
| עֱר֖וּךְ | 'e.Rukh | deployed of | H6186 → |
| מִלְחָמָֽה׃ | mil.cha.Mah | battle | H4421 → |
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