Amos 4:2

“Adonai 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.”

Amos 4:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Amos 4:2, word by word

Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona

Adonai, Lord

"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.

Where else “adona” appears
YHWHיְהוִהyehvi

YHWH (with Adonai)

The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".

Where else “yehvi” appears
has swornנִשְׁבַּעnishba

swear

To promise with God as witness.

Where else “nishba” appears
by his holinessקָדְשׁkadsh

holiness

What belongs to God; what makes him set apart and pure.

Where else “kadsh” appears
daysיָמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yamim” appears
are comingבָּאִיםbaim

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “baim” appears
when they will carryנִשָּׂאnisa

carry

To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.

Where else “nisa” appears
away with hooksצִנּוֹתtsinot

hook

Barbs for dragging captives.

Where else “tsinot” appears
and the last of youאַחֲרִיתְacharit

posterity

What remains of someone after him: his descendants.

Where else “acharit” appears
with fishדּוּגָהduga

fishhook

Fishing; a fishhook.

Where else “duga” appears
hooksסִירוֹתsirot

thorn

Thorns thrown on the fire under the pot, or hooks for dragging someone away.

Where else “sirot” appears

Translation note

Several words in this verse are rare; their exact meaning is uncertain.

The context

1Hear 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.”

2 · This verse (above)

3And through the breaches you will go out, each woman straight ahead of her; and you will be cast to Harmon, declares YHWH.

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