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Asכַּאֲשֶׁרwhen a manאִישׁfleesיָנוּסfromמִפְּנֵיthe lion,הָאֲרִיand the bearהַדֹּבmeets him;וּפְגָעוֹor goesוּבָאinto the houseהַבַּיִתand leansוְסָמַךְhis handיָדוֹagainstעַלthe wall,הַקִּירand the snakeהַנָּחָשׁbites him.וּנְשָׁכוֹ
Amos 5:19
Study it in the app“As when a man flees from the lion, and the bear meets him; or goes into the house and leans his hand against the wall, and the snake bites him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 5:19, word by word
- when a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- fleesיָנוּסyanus
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanus” appears- fromפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the lionאֲרִיari
lion
Lion.
Where else “ari” appears- and the bearדֹּבdov
bear
Bear.
Where else “dov” appears- meets himפְגָעfega
meet
To go to meet someone and reach him.
Where else “fega” appears- or goesבָאva
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “va” appears- into the houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- and leansסָמַךְsamach
lean on
To rest one's weight on something or someone so as not to fall; to support.
Where else “samach” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- the wallקִּירkir
wall
The wall of a house or a city.
Where else “kir” appears- and the snakeנָּחָשׁnachash
serpent
A legless reptile that crawls and often bites with venom.
Where else “nachash” appears- bites himנְשָׁכneshach
bite
To sink the teeth in, like a snake that strikes and poisons.
Where else “neshach” appears
The context
18Woe to those who long for the day of YHWH! What will this day of YHWH be for you? It is darkness, and not light.
19 · This verse (above)
20Is not the day of YHWH darkness, and not light, and gloom, with no brightness in it?