ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהForעַלthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהtransgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיof Moab,מוֹאָבand forוְעַלfour,אַרְבָּעָהI will notלֹאrevoke it;אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּbecauseעַלhe burnedשָׂרְפוֹthe bonesעַצְמוֹתof the kingמֶלֶךְof Edomאֱדוֹםto lime.לַשִּׂיד
Amos 2:1
Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke it; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 2:1, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- transgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיpishe
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pishe” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- fourאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- revoke itאֲשִׁיבֶashive
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “ashive” appears- he burnedשָׂרְפsarf
burn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “sarf” appears- the bonesעַצְמוֹתatsmot
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmot” appears- of the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appears- to limeשִּׂידsid
lime, plaster
Lime: a white powder used to coat walls and stones.
Where else “sid” appears
Places in this verse
1Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
2Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And I will send fire on Moab, and it will devour the citadels of Kerioth; and Moab will die amid the uproar, with a war cry, with the sound of the horn.