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And I will sendוְשִׁלַּחְתִּיfireאֵשׁon the wallבְּחוֹמַתof Gaza,עַזָּהand it will devourוְאָכְלָהher citadels.אַרְמְנֹתֶיהָ
Amos 1:7
Study it in the app“And I will send fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour her citadels.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 1:7, 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 Gazaעַזָּהaza
Gaza
See it on the mapWhere else “aza” 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
Gaza
Today: Gaza City, Gaza Strip
A Philistine city on the Mediterranean coast, at the far southwest of Israel.
There the Philistines blinded Samson and made him grind grain (Judg 16:21); he died there pulling down the temple (Judg 16:30).
The context
6Thus says YHWH: For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke it; because they carried into exile a whole captive people to hand them over to Edom.
7 · This verse (above)
8And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish, says Adonai YHWH.