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Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. (KJV)

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מִפָּנָ֖יוmi.pa.Navfrom before it

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: face: before

Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Joel 2:6 word 1

יָחִ֣ילוּya.Chi.luthey are in anguish

Lemma: חוּל (chul) · Strong's: H2342I

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

Meaning: to twist: writh in pain

Used 21 times. Also: Deuteronomy 2:25, 1 Samuel 31:3, 1 Chronicles 10:3, Job 15:20, Psalms 77:16, Isaiah 13:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2342I; TAHOT Joel 2:6 word 2

עַמִּ֑ים'a.Mimpeoples

Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A

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

Meaning: people

Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Joel 2:6 word 3

כָּל\־kol-all

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

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

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Joel 2:6 word 4

פָּנִ֖יםpa.Nimfaces

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H

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

Meaning: face

Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Joel 2:6 word 5

קִבְּצ֥וּki.be.Tzuthey gather

Lemma: קָבַץ (qa.vats) · Strong's: H6908

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)

Meaning: to gather

Used 127 times. Also: Genesis 41:35, Genesis 41:48, Genesis 49:2, Deuteronomy 13:16, Deuteronomy 30:3, Deuteronomy 30:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6908; TAHOT Joel 2:6 word 6

פָארֽוּר\׃fa.Rura glow

Lemma: פָּארוּר (pa.rur) · Strong's: H6289

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: pale

Used 2 times. Also: Nahum 2:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6289; TAHOT Joel 2:6 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Nations	→	עַם H5971A people
writhe in horror	→	חוּל H2342I to twist: writh in pain
before them	→	פָּנֶה H6440G face: before
every	→	כֹּל H3605 all
face	→	פָּנֶה H6440G face: before
turns pale	→	קָבַץ H6908 to gather
. . .	→	פָּארוּר H6289 pale

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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