“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 5:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Amos 5:1623 words
HebrewMeaning
לָ֠/כֵןlākēn
thereforepronH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
כֹּֽהkōh
thusadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
אָמַ֨רʾāmar
he saysverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֜הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהֵ֤יʾĕlōhēy
God ofnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
צְבָאוֹת֙ṣəbāʾwōt
hostsnounH6635
army · battle · company · host ···
אֲדֹנָ֔/יʾădōnāy
the LordnounH136
בְּ/כָלbəkāl
will be in allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
רְחֹב֣וֹתrəḥōbwōt
the open placesnounH7339
street. See also
מִסְפֵּ֔דmisəpēd
wailingnounH4553
one mourneth · mourning · wailing
וּ/בְ/כָלwbəkāl
and in allconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
חוּצ֖וֹתḥwṣwōt
the streetsnounH2351
field · forth · highway · more ···
יֹאמְר֣וּyōʾmərw
people will sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הוֹhwō
alas!particleH1930
ה֑וֹhwō
alas!particleH1930
וְ/קָרְא֤וּwəqārəʾw
and people will callconjH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
אִכָּר֙ʾikār
a farmernounH406
ploughman
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֵ֔בֶלʾēbel
mourningnounH60
וּ/מִסְפֵּ֖דwmisəpēd
and wailingconjH4553
one mourneth · mourning · wailing
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
י֥וֹדְעֵיywōdəʿēy
those who knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
נֶֽהִיnehiy
lamentationnounH5092
wailing
ℹWords 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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