I struckהִכֵּיתִיyouאֶתְכֶםwith blightבַּשִּׁדָּפוֹןand with mildew;וּבַיֵּרָקוֹןthe multitudeהַרְבּוֹתof your gardensגַּנּוֹתֵיכֶםand your vineyardsוְכַרְמֵיכֶםand your fig treesוּתְאֵנֵיכֶםand your olive treesוְזֵיתֵיכֶםthe cutting locustהַגָּזָםdevoured;יֹאכַלyet you did notוְלֹאreturnשַׁבְתֶּםto me,עָדַיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Amos 4:9
Study it in the app“I 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 4:9, word by word
- I struckהִכֵּיתִיhiketi
punish
God punishes with a plague.
Where else “hiketi” appears- with blightשִּׁדָּפוֹןshidafon
blight
A plague that scorches and dries the grain.
Where else “shidafon” appears- and with mildewיֵּרָקוֹןyerakon
mildew
A disease that turns plants yellow.
Where else “yerakon” appears- the multitudeהַרְבּוֹתharbot
greatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “harbot” appears- of your gardensגַּנּוֹתֵיganote
garden
Garden.
Where else “ganote” appears- and your vineyardsכַרְמֵיcharme
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “charme” appears- and your fig treesתְאֵנֵיteene
fig tree
The fig-bearing plant; sitting under one's own means living in peace.
Where else “teene” appears- and your olive treesזֵיתֵיzete
olive tree
A tree with silvery leaves that yields fruit and oil; very common in Israel.
Where else “zete” appears- the cutting locustגָּזָםgazam
cutting locust
"Gazam": a kind of locust that gnaws and cuts plants.
Where else “gazam” appears- devouredיֹאכַלyochal
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “yochal” 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
8And 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10I sent among you pestilence after the manner of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with the capture of your horses; and I made the stench of your camps go up even into your nostrils; yet you did not return to me, declares YHWH.