“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
to buypronH7069
buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···
בַּ/כֶּ֨סֶף֙bakesep
for silverpronH3701
price · silver
דַּלִּ֔יםdaliym
poor peopleadjH1800
needy · poor · weaker
וְ/אֶבְי֖וֹןwəʾebəywōn
and the needyconjH34
needy · poor
בַּ/עֲב֣וּרbaʿăbwr
for sake ofpronH5668
for · that · to
נַעֲלָ֑יִםnaʿălāyim
a pair of sandalsnounH5275
shoe · -s)
וּ/מַפַּ֥לwmapal
and refuse ofconjH4651
refuse
בַּ֖רbar
grainnounH1250
wheat
נַשְׁבִּֽירnašəbiyr
we will sell grainverbH7666
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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