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And I will cut offוְהִכְרַתִּיthe judgeשׁוֹפֵטfrom her midst,מִקִּרְבָּהּand allוְכָלher princesשָׂרֶיהָI will killאֶהֱרוֹגwith him,עִמּוֹsaysאָמַרYHWH.יְהוָה
Amos 2:3
Study it in the app“And I will cut off the judge from her midst, and all her princes I will kill with him, says YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 2:3, word by word
- And I will cut offהִכְרַתִּיhichrati
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrati” appears- the judgeשׁוֹפֵטshofet
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shofet” appears- from her midstקִּרְבָּkirba
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirba” appears- her princesשָׂרֶיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- I will killאֶהֱרוֹגeherog
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “eherog” appears- 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
The context
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.
3 · This verse (above)
4Thus says YHWH: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke it; because they rejected the law of YHWH, and did not keep his statutes; and their lies led them astray, after which their fathers walked.