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Amos 5:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.


Amos 5:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Amos 5:1623 words
HebrewMeaning
לָ֠/כֵןlākēn
-wardpronH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
כֹּֽהkōh
alsoadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
אָמַ֨רʾāmar
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֜הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהֵ֤יʾĕlōhēy
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
צְבָאוֹת֙ṣəbāʾwōt
appointed timenounH6635
army · battle · company · host ···
אֲדֹנָ֔/יʾădōnāy
LordnounH136
בְּ/כָלbəkāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
רְחֹב֣וֹתrəḥōbwōt
broad placenounH7339
street. See also
מִסְפֵּ֔דmisəpēd
lamentationnounH4553
one mourneth · mourning · wailing
וּ/בְ/כָלwbəkāl
all (mannerconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
חוּצ֖וֹתḥwṣwōt
abroadnounH2351
field · forth · highway · more ···
יֹאמְר֣וּyōʾmərw
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הוֹhwō
alasparticleH1930
ה֑וֹhwō
alasparticleH1930
וְ/קָרְא֤וּwəqārəʾw
bewrayconjH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
אִכָּר֙ʾikār
husbandmannounH406
ploughman
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֵ֔בֶלʾēbel
mourningnounH60
וּ/מִסְפֵּ֖דwmisəpēd
lamentationconjH4553
one mourneth · mourning · wailing
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
י֥וֹדְעֵיywōdəʿēy
acknowledgeverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
נֶֽהִיnehiy
lamentationnounH5092
wailing
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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