Amos 5:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.”

Amos 5:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Amos 5:1814 words

HebrewMeaning

ה֥וֹיhwōy

ahparticleH1945

alas · ho · O · woe

הַ/מִּתְאַוִּ֖יםhamitəʾawiym

covetparticleH183

desire · be desirous · long · lust

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

י֣וֹםywōm

daynounH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

לָ/מָּהlāmāh

how (longpronH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

זֶּ֥הzeh

heprepH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

לָ/כֶ֛םlākem

pron

י֥וֹםywōm

daynounH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

הוּאhwʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

חֹ֥שֶׁךְḥōšekə

darknounH2822

night · obscurity

וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

אֽוֹרʾwōr

brightnounH216

clear · day · light · morning ···

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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