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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
he has swornverbH7650
charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for
אֲדֹנָ֤/יʾădōnāy
the LordnounH136
יְהוִה֙yəhwih
YahwehnounH3069
בְּ/קָדְשׁ֔/וֹbəqādəšwō
by holiness hispronH6944
dedicated · hallowed · holiness · holy ( day ···
כִּ֛יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הִנֵּ֥הhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
יָמִ֖יםyāmiym
daysnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
בָּאִ֣יםbāʾiym
are comingverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
עֲלֵי/כֶ֑םʿălēykem
on youpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
וְ/נִשָּׂ֤אwəniśāʾ
and someone will take awayconjH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
אֶתְ/כֶם֙ʾetəkem
youparticleH853
בְּ/צִנּ֔וֹתbəṣinwōt
with barbspronH6793
cold · hook · shield · target
וְ/אַחֲרִיתְ/כֶ֖ןwəʾaḥăriytəken
and posterity yourconjH319
latter) end · hinder -most · length · posterity ···
בְּ/סִיר֥וֹתbəsiyrwōt
with hooks ofpronH5518
fishhook · pan · pot · thorn
דּוּגָֽהdwgāh
fishingnounH1729
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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