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Amos 4:2 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.


Amos 4:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Amos 4:215 words
HebrewMeaning
נִשְׁבַּ֨עnišəbaʿ
adjureverbH7650
charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for
אֲדֹנָ֤/יʾădōnāy
LordnounH136
יְהוִה֙yəhwih
GodnounH3069
בְּ/קָדְשׁ֔/וֹbəqādəšwō
consecratedpronH6944
dedicated · hallowed · holiness · holy ( day ···
כִּ֛יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הִנֵּ֥הhinēh
beholdparticleH2009
lo · see
יָמִ֖יםyāmiym
daynounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
בָּאִ֣יםbāʾiym
abideverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
עֲלֵי/כֶ֑םʿălēykem
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
וְ/נִשָּׂ֤אwəniśāʾ
acceptconjH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
אֶתְ/כֶם֙ʾetəkem
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בְּ/צִנּ֔וֹתbəṣinwōt
bucklerpronH6793
cold · hook · shield · target
וְ/אַחֲרִיתְ/כֶ֖ןwəʾaḥăriytəken
(lastconjH319
latter) end · hinder -most · length · posterity ···
בְּ/סִיר֥וֹתbəsiyrwōt
caldronpronH5518
fishhook · pan · pot · thorn
דּוּגָֽהdwgāh
fishnounH1729
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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