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Amos 8:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?


Amos 8:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Amos 8:516 words
HebrewMeaning
לֵ/אמֹ֗רlēʾmōr
answerpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
מָתַ֞יmātay
longparticleH4970
when
יַעֲבֹ֤רyaʿăbōr
alienateverbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
הַ/חֹ֨דֶשׁ֙haḥōdeš
monthparticleH2320
new moon
וְ/נַשְׁבִּ֣ירָהwənašəbiyrāh
buyconjH7666
sell
שֶּׁ֔בֶרšeber
cornnounH7668
victuals
וְ/הַ/שַּׁבָּ֖תwəhašabāt
sabbathconjH7676
וְ/נִפְתְּחָהwənipətəḥāh
appearconjH6605
break forth · draw · let go free · grave ···
בָּ֑רbār
cornnounH1250
wheat
לְ/הַקְטִ֤יןləhaqəṭiyn
be a smallpronH6994
be not worthy
אֵיפָה֙ʾēypāh
ephahnounH374
measure
וּ/לְ/הַגְדִּ֣ילwləhagədiyl
advanceconjH1431
boast · bring up · exceed · excellent ···
שֶׁ֔קֶלšeqel
shekelnounH8255
וּ/לְ/עַוֵּ֖תwləʿawēt
bow selfconjH5791
crooked · falsifying · overthrow · deal perversely ···
מֹאזְנֵ֥יmōʾzənēy
balancesnounH3976
מִרְמָֽהmirəmāh
craftnounH4820
deceit(-ful · -fully) · false · feigned ···
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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