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Hearשִׁמְעוּand testifyוְהָעִידוּagainst the houseבְּבֵיתof Jacob,יַעֲקֹבdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִהElohimאֱלֹהֵיTsevaot.הַצְּבָאוֹת
Amos 3:13
Study it in the app“Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares Adonai YHWH, Elohim Tsevaot.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 3:13, word by word
- Hearשִׁמְעוּshimu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appears- and testifyהָעִידוּhaidu
testify
To declare what one knows, or summon others to vouch for one's words.
Where else “haidu” appears- against the houseבֵיתvet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” appears- of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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- Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- Tsevaotצְּבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears
The context
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.
13 · This verse (above)
14For on the day I call to account the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also call to account the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.