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Amos 5:14 — King James Version← Study notes

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.


Amos 5:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Amos 5:1414 words
HebrewMeaning
דִּרְשׁוּdirəšw
askverbH1875
at all · care for · diligently · inquire ···
ט֥וֹבṭwōb
beautifuladjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
וְ/אַלwəʾal
nayconjH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
רָ֖עrāʿ
adversityadjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
לְמַ֣עַןləmaʿan
because ofpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
תִּֽחְי֑וּtiḥəyw
keep (leaveverbH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
וִ/יהִיwiyhiy
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
כֵ֞ןkēn
-wardadvH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
יְהוָ֧הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהֵֽיʾĕlōhēy
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
צְבָא֛וֹתṣəbāʾwōt
appointed timenounH6635
army · battle · company · host ···
אִתְּ/כֶ֖םʾitəkem
againstpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥רkaʾăšer
aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אֲמַרְתֶּֽםʾămarətem
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
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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