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And I will sendוְשִׁלַּחְתִּיfireאֵשׁon the houseבְּבֵיתof Hazael,חֲזָאֵלand it will devourוְאָכְלָהthe citadelsאַרְמְנוֹתof Ben-hadad.בֶּן הֲדָד
Amos 1:4
Study it in the app“And I will send fire on the house of Hazael, and it will devour the citadels of Ben-hadad.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 1:4, 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 houseבֵיתvet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” appears- of Hazaelחֲזָאֵלchazael
Hazael
Hazael: a name meaning "El has seen." He is the king of Aram, in Damascus, who harshly oppressed Israel (1 Kings 19:15; 2 Kings 8:7-15; 13:22).
Where else “chazael” appears- and it will devourאָכְלָהachla
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achla” appears- the citadelsאַרְמְנוֹתarmnot
citadel, fortress
Citadel, fortified palace: the high and strongest part of a city or of the king's house.
Where else “armnot” appears- of Ben-hadadבֶּןben
Ben-hadad
Ben-hadad: a name meaning "son of Hadad" (Hadad was the storm god of the Arameans). It was borne by several kings of Aram who reigned in Damascus, among them the one who made a pact with Asa and the one who fought against Ahab.
Where else “ben” appears
The context
3Thus says YHWH: For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke it; because they threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron.
4 · This verse (above)
5And I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Aram will go into exile to Kir, says YHWH.