“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
continuallyconjH5128
fugitive · make · to up and down · be gone away ···
מִ/יָּ֣םmiyām
sea ( -faring manpronH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
עַדʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
יָ֔םyām
sea ( -faring mannounH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
וּ/מִ/צָּפ֖וֹןwmiṣāpwōn
north(-ernconjH6828
side · -ward · wind)
וְ/עַדwəʿad
againstconjH5704
and · as · at · before ···
מִזְרָ֑חmizərāḥ
east (sidenounH4217
-ward) · rising
יְשֽׁוֹטְט֛וּyəšwōṭəṭw
go (aboutverbH7751
through · to and fro) · mariner · rower ···
לְ/בַקֵּ֥שׁləbaqēš
askpronH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
דְּבַרdəbar
wordnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִמְצָֽאוּyiməṣāʾw
befallverbH4672
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.