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Amos 1:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.


Amos 1:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Amos 1:213 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמַ֓רwayōʾmar
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מִ/צִיּ֣וֹןmiṣiywōn
ZionpronH6726
יִשְׁאָ֔גyišəʾāg
he will roarverbH7580
mightily
וּ/מִ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֖םwmiyrwšālaim
and from JerusalemconjH3389
יִתֵּ֣ןyitēn
he will give forthverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
קוֹל֑/וֹqwōlwō
voice hisnounH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
וְ/אָֽבְלוּ֙wəʾābəlw
and they will dry upconjH56
mourn
נְא֣וֹתnəʾwōt
the pastures ofnounH4999
house · pasture · pleasant place
הָ/רֹעִ֔יםhārōʿiym
the shepherdsparticleH7462
break · keep company with · devour · eat up ···
וְ/יָבֵ֖שׁwəyābēš
and it will witherconjH3001
clean · be confounded · dry · shame ···
רֹ֥אשׁrōʾš
the top ofnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
הַ/כַּרְמֶֽלhakarəmel
CarmelparticleH3760
fruitful field
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Adam Smith 2Note1mo ago
What it means to love - Amos 1
The imagery here is agricultural - the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of sowing, waiting, and harvesting. I notice the repetition here is deliberate - the author want...
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