Amos 8:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?”

Amos 8:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Amos 8:69 words

HebrewMeaning

לִ/קְנ֤וֹתliqənwōt

attainpronH7069

buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···

בַּ/כֶּ֨סֶף֙bakesep

moneypronH3701

price · silver

דַּלִּ֔יםdaliym

leanadjH1800

needy · poor · weaker

וְ/אֶבְי֖וֹןwəʾebəywōn

beggarconjH34

needy · poor

בַּ/עֲב֣וּרbaʿăbwr

because ofpronH5668

for · that · to

נַעֲלָ֑יִםnaʿălāyim

dryshodnounH5275

shoe · -s)

וּ/מַפַּ֥לwmapal

flakeconjH4651

refuse

בַּ֖רbar

cornnounH1250

wheat

נַשְׁבִּֽירnašəbiyr

buyverbH7666

sell

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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