Amos 3:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?”

Amos 3:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Amos 3:515 words

HebrewMeaning

הֲ/תִפֹּ֤לhătipōl

be acceptedparticleH5307

cast (down · self · out) · cease ···

צִפּוֹר֙ṣipwōr

birdnounH6833

fowl · sparrow

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

פַּ֣חpaḥ

ginnounH6341

plate · snare

הָ/אָ֔רֶץhāʾāreṣ

earthparticleH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

וּ/מוֹקֵ֖שׁwmwōqēš

be ensnaredconjH4170

gin · snare · trap

אֵ֣יןʾēyn

elseparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

לָ֑/הּlāh

pron

הֲ/יַֽעֲלֶהhăyaʿăleh

ariseparticleH5927

ascend up · at once · break · bring ···

פַּח֙paḥ

ginnounH6341

plate · snare

מִןmin

abovepronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

הָ֣/אֲדָמָ֔הhāʾădāmāh

countryparticleH127

earth · ground · husband · land

וְ/לָכ֖וֹדwəlākwōd

catchconjH3920

at all · be frozen · be holden · stick together ···

לֹ֥אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִלְכּֽוֹדyiləkwōd

catchverbH3920

at all · be frozen · be holden · stick together ···

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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