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And I will sendוְשִׁלַּחְתִּיfireאֵשׁon the wallבְּחוֹמַתof Tyre,צֹרand it will devourוְאָכְלָהher citadels.אַרְמְנֹתֶיהָ
Amos 1:10
Study it in the app“And I will send fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour her citadels.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 1:10, word by word
- And I will sendשִׁלַּחְתִּיshilachti
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilachti” appears- fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- on the wallחוֹמַתchomat
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “chomat” appears- of Tyreצֹרtsor
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appears- and it will devourאָכְלָהachla
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achla” appears- her citadelsאַרְמְנֹתֶיarmnote
citadel, fortress
Citadel, fortified palace: the high and strongest part of a city or of the king's house.
Where else “armnote” appears
Places in this verse
Tyre
Today: Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Israel's present border.
Its king Hiram helped David and Solomon with timber and workers (1 Kgs 5:1). Ezekiel announced its fall (Ezek 27:2), and Jesus mentioned it when rebuking towns that did not change their minds (Matt 11:21).
The context
9Thus says YHWH: For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not revoke it; because they handed over a whole captive people to Edom, and did not remember the covenant of brothers.
10 · This verse (above)
11Thus says YHWH: For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke it; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and destroyed his compassion; and his anger tore continually, and his wrath he kept forever.