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And they do notוְלֹאknow howיָדְעוּto doעֲשׂוֹתwhat is right,נְכֹחָהdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהthose who store upהָאוֹצְרִיםviolenceחָמָסand destructionוָשֹׁדin their citadels.בְּאַרְמְנוֹתֵיהֶם
Amos 3:10
Study it in the app“And they do not know how to do what is right, declares YHWH, those who store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 3:10, word by word
- know howיָדְעוּyadu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadu” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- what is rightנְכֹחָהnechocha
what is straight, right
What is straight, right: what goes straight without turning aside; honesty.
Where else “nechocha” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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- those who store upאוֹצְרִיםotsrim
store up
Gather goods and keep them for later.
Where else “otsrim” appears- violenceחָמָסchamas
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appears- and destructionשֹׁדshod
destruction, violence
Devastation, ruin that comes with violence.
Where else “shod” appears- in their citadelsאַרְמְנוֹתֵיarmnote
citadel, fortress
Citadel, fortified palace: the high and strongest part of a city or of the king's house.
Where else “armnote” appears
The context
9Proclaim over the citadels in Ashdod, and over the citadels in the land of Egypt, and say, “Gather on the mountains of Samaria, and see the great tumults in her midst, and the oppressed within her.”
10 · This verse (above)
11Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: An enemy, and he will be around the land; and he will bring down your strength from you, and your citadels will be plundered.