Joel 1:6
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.”
עָצוּם
Strong, mighty, powerful. Atsuwm. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. God empowers the weak not the strong.
עָלָה
it has come up
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עָלָה
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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מִסְפָּר
is number
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מִסְפָּר
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
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גּוֹי
a nation
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גּוֹי
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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לָבִיא
a lioness
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לָבִיא
to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))
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שֵׁן
are the teeth of
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שֵׁן
a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
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