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ThereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהAn enemy,צַרand he will be aroundוּסְבִיבthe land;הָאָרֶץand he will bring downוְהוֹרִדyour strengthעֻזֵּךְfrom you,מִמֵּךְand your citadelsאַרְמְנוֹתָיִךְwill be plundered.וְנָבֹזּוּ
Amos 3:11
Study it in the app“Therefore 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 3:11, 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- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- An enemyצַרtsar
adversary
Someone who oppresses and attacks another; the adversary.
Where else “tsar” appears- and he will be aroundסְבִיבseviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “seviv” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and he will bring downהוֹרִדhorid
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “horid” appears- your strengthעֻזֵּuze
strength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “uze” appears- and your citadelsאַרְמְנוֹתָיִarmnotayi
citadel, fortress
Citadel, fortified palace: the high and strongest part of a city or of the king's house.
Where else “armnotayi” appears- will be plunderedנָבֹזּוּnavozu
plunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “navozu” appears
The context
10And they do not know how to do what is right, declares YHWH, those who store up violence and destruction in their citadels.
11 · This verse (above)
12Thus says YHWH: As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so will the children of Israel be rescued, who dwell in Samaria at the corner of a bed and in Damascus of a couch.