Amos 5:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.”

Amos 5:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Amos 5:98 words

HebrewMeaning

הַ/מַּבְלִ֥יגhamabəliyg

comfortparticleH1082

strength

שֹׁ֖דšōd

desolationnounH7701

destruction · oppression · robbery · spoil(-ed ···

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

עָ֑זʿāz

fierceadjH5794

greedy · mighty · power · roughly ···

וְ/שֹׁ֖דwəšōd

desolationconjH7701

destruction · oppression · robbery · spoil(-ed ···

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

מִבְצָ֥רmibəṣār

(de-nounH4013

most) fenced · fortress · strong

יָבֽוֹאyābwōʾ

abideverbH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

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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