Amos 4:13

“For 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.”

Amos 4:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Amos 4:13, word by word

the one who formsיוֹצֵרyotser

mold

To mold, as God molded man from dust.

Where else “yotser” appears
the mountainsהָרִיםharim

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

Where else “harim” appears
and createsבֹרֵאvore

create

To bring something new into being; only God does this.

Where else “vore” appears
the windרוּחַruach

wind

Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.

Where else “ruach” appears
and declaresמַגִּידmagid

declare

To announce what God does or will do.

Where else “magid” appears
to human beingsאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

Where else “adam” appears
his thought isשֵּׂחsech

thought

A thought, what one has in mind.

Where else “sech” appears
who makesעֹשֵׂהose

make

To build or create something.

Where else “ose” appears
the dawnשַׁחַרshachar

dawn

Dawn, daybreak.

Where else “shachar” appears
darknessעֵיפָהefa

darkness

Blackness, thick darkness, like that of something covered.

Where else “efa” appears
and treadsדֹרֵךְdorech

tread

To step on; crush grapes underfoot.

Where else “dorech” appears
the heightsבָּמֳתֵיbamote

heights

The highest points of the earth or the clouds, trodden only by one who rules.

Where else “bamote” appears
of the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” 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
Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot

Tsevaot

A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.

Where else “tsevaot” appears
is his nameשְׁמshem

name of YHWH

YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.

Where else “shem” appears

Translation note

“Wind”: the Hebrew word also means “spirit.”

The context

12Therefore thus I will do to you, Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your Elohim, Israel.

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