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The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. (KJV)

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כְּמַרְאֵ֥הke.mar.'Eh[is] like [the] appearance of

Lemma: מַרְאֶה (mar.eh) · Strong's: H4758

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: appearance

Used 103 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 24:16, Genesis 26:7, Genesis 29:17, Genesis 39:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4758; TAHOT Joel 2:4 word 1

סוּסִ֖יםsu.Simhorses

Lemma: סוּס (sus) · Strong's: H5483M

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: horse

Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 47:17, Genesis 49:17, Exodus 9:3, Exodus 14:9, Exodus 14:23, Exodus 15:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5483M; TAHOT Joel 2:4 word 2

מַרְאֵ֑הוּmar.'E.huappearance its

Lemma: מַרְאֶה (mar.eh) · Strong's: H4758

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: appearance

Used 103 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 24:16, Genesis 26:7, Genesis 29:17, Genesis 39:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4758; TAHOT Joel 2:4 word 3

וּכְפָרָשִׁ֖יםu.khe.fa.ra.Shimand like horsemen

Lemma: פָּרָשׁ (pa.rash) · Strong's: H6571A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: horse

Used 5 times. Also: 1 Samuel 8:11, Isaiah 28:28, Jeremiah 46:4, Ezekiel 27:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6571A; TAHOT Joel 2:4 word 4

כֵּ֥ןkenso

Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: so

Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Joel 2:4 word 5

יְרוּצֽוּן\׃ye.ru.Tzunthey run !

Lemma: רוּץ (ruts) · Strong's: H7323G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to run: run

Used 86 times. Also: Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:7, Genesis 24:17, Genesis 24:20, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7323G; TAHOT Joel 2:4 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Their appearance	→	מַרְאֶה H4758 appearance
is like that	→	מַרְאֶה H4758 appearance
of horses	→	סוּס H5483M horse
and they gallop	→	רוּץ H7323G to run: run
like swift steeds	→	פָּרָשׁ H6571A horse
. . .	→	כֵּן H3651C so

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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