“And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.”
Amos 8:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Amos 8:1214 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/נָעוּ֙wənāʿw
and people will staggerconjH5128
fugitive · make · to up and down · be gone away ···
מִ/יָּ֣םmiyām
from seapronH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
עַדʿad
topronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
יָ֔םyām
seanounH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
וּ/מִ/צָּפ֖וֹןwmiṣāpwōn
and from the northconjH6828
side · -ward · wind)
וְ/עַדwəʿad
and toconjH5704
and · as · at · before ···
מִזְרָ֑חmizərāḥ
the eastnounH4217
-ward) · rising
יְשֽׁוֹטְט֛וּyəšwōṭəṭw
they will rove aboutverbH7751
through · to and fro) · mariner · rower ···
לְ/בַקֵּ֥שׁləbaqēš
to seekpronH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
דְּבַרdəbar
the word ofnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִמְצָֽאוּyiməṣāʾw
they will find itverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
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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