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Amos 5:11 — King James Version← Study notes

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.


Amos 5:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Amos 5:1122 words
HebrewMeaning
לָ֠/כֵןlākēn
-wardpronH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
יַ֣עַןyaʿan
becauseconjH3282
forasmuch · seeing then · that · wheras ···
בּוֹשַׁסְ/כֶ֞םbwōšasəkem
treadverbH1318
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
דָּ֗לdāl
leanadjH1800
needy · poor · weaker
וּ/מַשְׂאַתwmaśəʾat
burdenconjH4864
collection · sign of fire · flame · gift ···
בַּר֙bar
cornnounH1250
wheat
תִּקְח֣וּtiqəḥw
acceptverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
מִמֶּ֔/נּוּmimenw
abovepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
בָּתֵּ֥יbātēy
housenounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
גָזִ֛יתgāziyt
hewednounH1496
hewn stone · wrought
בְּנִיתֶ֖םbəniytem
buildverbH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תֵ֣שְׁבוּtēšəbw
abideverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
בָ֑/םbām
pron
כַּרְמֵיkarəmēy
vinesnounH3754
vineyard · vintage. See also
חֶ֣מֶדḥemed
desirablenounH2531
pleasant
נְטַעְתֶּ֔םnəṭaʿətem
fastenedverbH5193
plant
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תִשְׁתּ֖וּtišətw
banquetverbH8354
assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יֵינָֽ/םyēynām
banquetingnounH3196
wine · wine
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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