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ThereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהI will doאֶעֱשֶׂהto you,לְּךָIsrael;יִשְׂרָאֵלbecauseעֵקֶב כִּיI will doאֶעֱשֶׂהthisזֹאתto you,לָּךְprepareהִכּוֹןto meetלִקְרַאתyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Amos 4:12
Study it in the app“Therefore thus I will do to you, Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your Elohim, Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 4:12, word by word
- I will doאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- becauseעֵקֶבekev
because
A word linking a cause to what follows: "because", "since".
Where else “ekev” appears- prepareהִכּוֹןhikon
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “hikon” appears- to meetקְרַאתkerat
meet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears
The context
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.
12 · This verse (above)
13For look, the one who forms the mountains and creates the wind, and declares to human beings what his thought is, who makes the dawn darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth: YHWH, Elohim Tsevaot, is his name.