“Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.”
Amos 3:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Amos 3:1223 words
HebrewMeaning
כֹּה֮kōh
thusadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
אָמַ֣רʾāmar
he saysverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָה֒yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
כַּ/אֲשֶׁר֩kaʾăšer
just aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יַצִּ֨ילyaṣiyl
he deliversverbH5337
at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···
הָ/רֹעֶ֜הhārōʿeh
the shepherdparticleH7462
break · keep company with · devour · eat up ···
מִ/פִּ֧יmipiy
from the mouth ofpronH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
הָ/אֲרִ֛יhāʾăriy
lionparticleH738
pierce
שְׁתֵּ֥יšətēy
twoadjH8147
couple · double · second · twain ···
כְרָעַ֖יִםkərāʿayim
legsnounH3767
א֣וֹʾwō
orconjH176
and · either · if · at the least ···
בְדַלbədal
a piece ofnounH915
אֹ֑זֶןʾōzen
an earnounH241
advertise · displease · ear · hearing ···
כֵּ֣ןkēn
soparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
יִנָּצְל֞וּyināṣəlw
they will be deliveredverbH5337
at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···
בְּנֵ֣יbənēy
the people ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
הַ/יֹּֽשְׁבִים֙hayōšəbiym
who dwellparticleH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
בְּ/שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןbəšōmərwōn
in SamariapronH8111
בִּ/פְאַ֥תbipəʾat
with a corner ofpronH6285
end · quarter · side
מִטָּ֖הmiṭāh
a bednounH4296
bier
וּ/בִ/דְמֶ֥שֶׁקwbidəmešeq
and with silk ofconjH1833
עָֽרֶשׂʿāreś
a couchnounH6210
couch
ℹWords 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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