I sentשִׁלַּחְתִּיamong youבָכֶםpestilenceדֶּבֶרafter the mannerבְּדֶרֶךְof Egypt;מִצְרַיִםI killedהָרַגְתִּיyour young menבַּחוּרֵיכֶםwith the sword,בַחֶרֶבalong withעִםthe captureשְׁבִיof your horses;סוּסֵיכֶםand I madeוָאַעֲלֶהthe stenchבְּאֹשׁof your campsמַחֲנֵיכֶםgo upאַעֲלֶהeven into your nostrils;וּבְאַפְּכֶםyet you did notוְלֹאreturnשַׁבְתֶּםto me,עָדַיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Amos 4:10
Study it in the app“I sent among you pestilence after the manner of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with the capture of your horses; and I made the stench of your camps go up even into your nostrils; yet you did not return to me, declares YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 4:10, word by word
- I sentשִׁלַּחְתִּיshilachti
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilachti” appears- pestilenceדֶּבֶרdever
plague, pestilence
Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.
Where else “dever” appears- after the mannerדֶרֶךְderech
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derech” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- I killedהָרַגְתִּיharagti
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “haragti” appears- your young menבַּחוּרֵיbachure
young man
A young man in the fullness of his strength.
Where else “bachure” appears- with the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- the captureשְׁבִיshevi
captive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appears- of your horsesסוּסֵיsuse
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “suse” appears- and I madeאַעֲלֶהaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “aale” appears- the stenchבְּאֹשׁbeosh
stench
A stench, the foul smell of what rots.
Where else “beosh” appears- of your campsמַחֲנֵיmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- even into your nostrilsאַפְּap
nose
The nose, the part of the face we breathe through.
Where else “ap” appears- returnשַׁבְתֶּםshavtem
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shavtem” 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
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
9I struck you with blight and with mildew; the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees the cutting locust devoured; yet you did not return to me, declares YHWH.
10 · This verse (above)
11I overthrew some among you as when Elohim overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick snatched from the fire; yet you did not return to me, declares YHWH.