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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
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
מָתַ֞יmātay
when?particleH4970
when
יַעֲבֹ֤רyaʿăbōr
will it passverbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
הַ/חֹ֨דֶשׁ֙haḥōdeš
the new moonparticleH2320
new moon
וְ/נַשְׁבִּ֣ירָהwənašəbiyrāh
so we may sell grainconjH7666
sell
שֶּׁ֔בֶרšeber
grainnounH7668
victuals
וְ/הַ/שַּׁבָּ֖תwəhašabāt
and the sabbathconjH7676
וְ/נִפְתְּחָהwənipətəḥāh
so we may openconjH6605
break forth · draw · let go free · grave ···
בָּ֑רbār
grainnounH1250
wheat
לְ/הַקְטִ֤יןləhaqəṭiyn
to make smallpronH6994
be not worthy
אֵיפָה֙ʾēypāh
an ephahnounH374
measure
וּ/לְ/הַגְדִּ֣ילwləhagədiyl
and to make greatconjH1431
boast · bring up · exceed · excellent ···
שֶׁ֔קֶלšeqel
a shekelnounH8255
וּ/לְ/עַוֵּ֖תwləʿawēt
and to falsifyconjH5791
crooked · falsifying · overthrow · deal perversely ···
מֹאזְנֵ֥יmōʾzənēy
balances ofnounH3976
מִרְמָֽהmirəmāh
deceitnounH4820
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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