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Amos 6:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:


Amos 6:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Amos 6:1213 words
HebrewMeaning
הַ/יְרֻצ֤וּ/ןhayəruṣwn
¿ do they run !particleH7323
divide speedily · footman · guard · bring hastily ···
בַּ/סֶּ֨לַע֙baselaʿ
on the cragspronH5553
stone · strong hold
סוּסִ֔יםswsiym
horsesnounH5483
horse (-back · -hoof). Compare
אִֽםʾim
or?conjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יַחֲר֖וֹשׁyaḥărwōš
does anyone plowverbH2790
altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···
בַּ/בְּקָרִ֑יםbabəqāriym
with oxenpronH1241
bull · calf · cow · great ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הֲפַכְתֶּ֤םhăpakətem
you have turnedverbH2015
become · come · be converted · give ···
לְ/רֹאשׁ֙lərōʾš
into poisonpronH7219
hemlock · poison · venom
מִשְׁפָּ֔טmišəpāṭ
justicenounH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
וּ/פְרִ֥יwpəriy
and the fruit ofconjH6529
fruit · reward
צְדָקָ֖הṣədāqāh
righteousnessnounH6666
moderately · right (act · -ly · -ness)
לְ/לַעֲנָֽהləlaʿănāh
into wormwoodpronH3939
wormwood
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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