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And twoוְ שְׁתַּיִםor threeשָׁלֹשׁcitiesעָרִיםwould staggerנָעוּtoאֶלoneאַחַתcityעִירto drinkלִשְׁתּוֹתwater,מַיִםand they were notוְלֹאsatisfied;יִשְׂבָּעוּyet you did notוְלֹאreturnשַׁבְתֶּםto me,עָדַיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Amos 4:8
Study it in the app“And two or three cities would stagger to one city to drink water, and they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to me, declares YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 4:8, word by word
- And twoשְׁתַּיִםshetayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shetayim” appears- or threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- would staggerנָעוּnau
wander
To go from place to place with no fixed home, like an outcast.
Where else “nau” appears- oneאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- to drinkשְׁתּוֹתshetot
drink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” appears- waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- satisfiedיִשְׂבָּעוּyisbau
be satisfied
To eat until one wants no more.
Where else “yisbau” 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
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.
8 · This verse (above)
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.