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HearשִׁמְעוּthisהַזֶּהwordהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיtake upנֹשֵׂאover youעֲלֵיכֶםas a funeral song,קִינָהhouseבֵּיתof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵל
Amos 5:1
Study it in the app“Hear this word that I take up over you as a funeral song, house of Israel:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 5:1, word by word
- Hearשִׁמְעוּshimu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appears- wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- take upנֹשֵׂאnose
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nose” appears- as a funeral songקִינָהkina
lament, dirge
Dirge: a poem sung over someone's death or over a disaster. The Hebrew name of the book of Lamentations comes from this word.
Where else “kina” appears- houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2“She has fallen, she will not rise again, the virgin of Israel; she lies abandoned on her ground, there is no one to raise her up.”