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And Iוְ אֲנִיalsoגַםgaveנָתַתִּיyouלָכֶםcleannessנִקְיוֹןof teethשִׁנַּיִםin allבְּכָלyour cities,עָרֵיכֶםand lackוְחֹסֶרof breadלֶחֶםin allבְּכֹלyour places;מְקוֹמֹתֵיכֶםyet you did notוְלֹאreturnשַׁבְתֶּםto me,עָדַיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Amos 4:6
Study it in the app“And I also gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places; yet you did not return to me, declares YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 4:6, word by word
- gaveנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- cleannessנִקְיוֹןnikyon
cleanness
"Teeth with nothing on them": having nothing to eat.
Where else “nikyon” appears- of teethשִׁנַּיִםshinayim
tooth
The hard piece in the mouth used to bite and chew.
Where else “shinayim” appears- your citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- and lackחֹסֶרchoser
lack, want
Lack: want of what is needed.
Where else “choser” appears- of breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- your placesמְקוֹמֹתֵיmekomote
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekomote” 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
The context
5And offer up in smoke a thank offering of leavened bread, and proclaim freewill offerings, announce them; for so you love it, children of Israel, declares Adonai YHWH.
6 · This verse (above)
7And I also withheld from you the rain when there were still three months to the harvest; and I would send rain on one city, and on another city I would not send rain; one field would be rained on, and the field on which it did not rain would dry up.