Study it in the app“Hear this word, cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their lords, “Bring, and let us drink.””
Hearשִׁמְעוּthisהַזֶּהword,הַדָּבָרcowsפָּרוֹתof Bashan,הַבָּשָׁןwhoאֲשֶׁרare on the mountainבְּהַרof Samaria,שֹׁמְרוֹןwho oppressהָעֹשְׁקוֹתthe poor,דַּלִּיםwho crushהָרֹצְצוֹתthe needy,אֶבְיוֹנִיםwho sayהָאֹמְרֹתto their lords,לַאֲדֹנֵיהֶם“Bring,הָבִיאָהand let us drink.”וְנִשְׁתֶּה
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appearscow
Cow, heifer.
Where else “parot” appearsBashan
See it on the mapWhere else “bashan” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearsoppress, defraud
Oppress, defraud: take advantage of someone by taking what is his; crush.
Where else “oshkot” appearspoor, weak
Poor, weak: one who has little and little strength to defend himself.
Where else “dalim” appearscrush
To shatter, oppress: "the damaged reed".
Where else “rotstsot” appearsneedy
Needy: one who depends on the help of others.
Where else “evyonim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omrot” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adone” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havia” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “nishte” appears1Bashan
Today: southern Syria and the Golan Heights
A fertile region east of the Sea of Galilee, reaching to Mount Hermon, now southern Syria and northwest Jordan.
Israel defeated King Og there (Num 21:33-35). It was known for its cattle (Ps 22:12).
2Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
1 · This verse (above)
2Adonai YHWH has sworn by his holiness that, look, days are coming upon you when they will carry you away with hooks, and the last of you with fish hooks.
