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Seekדִּרְשׁוּgoodטוֹבand notוְאַלevil,רָעso thatלְמַעַןyou may live;תִּחְיוּand soוִיהִי כֵןYHWH,יְהוָהElohimאֱלֹהֵיTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתwill be with you,אִתְּכֶםasכַּאֲשֶׁרyou have said.אֲמַרְתֶּם
Amos 5:14
Study it in the app“Seek good and not evil, so that you may live; and so YHWH, Elohim Tsevaot, will be with you, as you have said.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 5:14, word by word
- Seekדִּרְשׁוּdirshu
seek
To pursue something earnestly, or care for it.
Where else “dirshu” appears- goodטוֹבtov
what is right
What is right and just, which God approves, the opposite of evil.
Where else “tov” appears- evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- you may liveתִּחְיוּtichyu
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “tichyu” appears- and soיהִיyhi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yhi” 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- Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- you have saidאֲמַרְתֶּםamartem
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amartem” appears
The context
13Therefore the prudent at that time keeps silent, for it is an evil time.
14 · This verse (above)
15Hate evil and love good, and establish justice in the gate; perhaps YHWH, Elohim Tsevaot, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.