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Amos 2:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;


Amos 2:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Amos 2:618 words
HebrewMeaning
כֹּ֚הkōh
alsoadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
אָמַ֣רʾāmar
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שְׁלֹשָׁה֙šəlōšāh
thirdadjH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
פִּשְׁעֵ֣יpišəʿēy
rebellionnounH6588
sin · transgression · trespass
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
וְ/עַלwəʿal
aboveconjH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אַרְבָּעָ֖הʾarəbāʿāh
fouradjH702
לֹ֣אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֲשִׁיבֶ֑/נּוּʾăšiybenw
((breakverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מִכְרָ֤/םmikərām
sell (awayverbH4376
at all · -er · self)
בַּ/כֶּ֨סֶף֙bakesep
moneypronH3701
price · silver
צַדִּ֔יקṣadiyq
justadjH6662
lawful · righteous
וְ/אֶבְי֖וֹןwəʾebəywōn
beggarconjH34
needy · poor
בַּ/עֲב֥וּרbaʿăbwr
because ofpronH5668
for · that · to
נַעֲלָֽיִםnaʿălāyim
dryshodnounH5275
shoe · -s)
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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