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Ifאִםa hornשׁוֹפָרis blownיִתָּקַעin a city,בְּעִירwill the peopleוְעָםnotלֹאtremble?יֶחֱרָדוּIfאִםthere isתִּהְיֶהevilרָעָהin a city,בְּעִירhas YHWHוַיהוָהnotלֹאdone it?עָשָׂה
Amos 3:6
Study it in the app“If a horn is blown in a city, will the people not tremble? If there is evil in a city, has YHWH not done it?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 3:6, word by word
- a hornשׁוֹפָרshofar
horn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofar” appears- is blownיִתָּקַעyitaka
blow
To blow the trumpet.
Where else “yitaka” appears- in a cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- will the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- trembleיֶחֱרָדוּyecheradu
tremble
To shudder with fear, with surprise or before God's presence.
Where else “yecheradu” appears- there isתִּהְיֶהtihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tihye” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- has YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- done itעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears
The context
5Does a bird fall into a snare on the ground when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground when it has not caught anything at all?
6 · This verse (above)
7For Adonai YHWH does not do a thing unless he has revealed his secret counsel to his servants the prophets.