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But you madeוַthe Naziritesהַנְּזִרִיםdrinkתַּשְׁקוּwine,יָיִןand you commandedוְ צִוִּיתֶםthe prophets,עַל הַנְּבִיאִיםsaying,לֵאמֹר“Do notלֹאprophesy.”תִּנָּבְאוּ
Amos 2:12
Study it in the app“But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and you commanded the prophets, saying, “Do not prophesy.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 2:12, word by word
- the Naziritesנְּזִרִיםnezirim
Nazirite
Someone set apart for God by a special vow.
Where else “nezirim” appears- drinkתַּשְׁקוּtashku
give drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “tashku” appears- wineיָיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- and you commandedצִוִּיתֶםtsivitem
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsivitem” appears- the prophetsנְּבִיאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- prophesyתִּנָּבְאוּtinavu
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “tinavu” appears
The context
11And I raised up some of your sons as prophets, and some of your young men as Nazirites. Is it not so, children of Israel? declares YHWH.
12 · This verse (above)
13Look, I am making the ground creak under you, as the cart creaks that is full of sheaves.