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Amos 8:11 — King James Version← Study notes

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:


Amos 8:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Amos 8:1121 words
HebrewMeaning
הִנֵּ֣הhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
יָמִ֣יםyāmiym
daysnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
בָּאִ֗יםbāʾiym
are comingverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
נְאֻם֙nəʾum
the utterance ofnounH5002
saith
אֲדֹנָ֣/יʾădōnāy
the LordnounH136
יְהוִ֔הyəhwih
YahwehnounH3069
וְ/הִשְׁלַחְתִּ֥יwəhišəlaḥətiy
and I will sendconjH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
רָעָ֖בrāʿāb
a faminenounH7458
famine · famished · hunger
בָּ/אָ֑רֶץbāʾāreṣ
in the landpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
רָעָ֤בrāʿāb
a faminenounH7458
famine · famished · hunger
לַ/לֶּ֨חֶם֙laleḥem
for breadpronH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
צָמָ֣אṣāmāʾ
a thirstnounH6772
לַ/מַּ֔יִםlamayim
for waterpronH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
כִּ֣יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אִםʾim
exceptconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
לִ/שְׁמֹ֔עַlišəmōʿa
for hearingpronH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
אֵ֖תʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
דִּבְרֵ֥יdibərēy
the words ofnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
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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