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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
¿ does it fallparticleH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
צִפּוֹר֙ṣipwōr
a birdnounH6833
fowl · sparrow
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פַּ֣חpaḥ
bird-trap ofnounH6341
plate · snare
הָ/אָ֔רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וּ/מוֹקֵ֖שׁwmwōqēš
and is a snareconjH4170
gin · snare · trap
אֵ֣יןʾēyn
there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
לָ֑/הּlāh
pron
הֲ/יַֽעֲלֶהhăyaʿăleh
¿ does it go upparticleH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
פַּח֙paḥ
a bird-trapnounH6341
plate · snare
מִןmin
frompronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הָ֣/אֲדָמָ֔הhāʾădāmāh
the groundparticleH127
earth · ground · husband · land
וְ/לָכ֖וֹדwəlākwōd
and surelyconjH3920
at all · be frozen · be holden · stick together ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִלְכּֽוֹדyiləkwōd
it catches somethingverbH3920
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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