Amos 5:2

““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.””

Amos 5:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Amos 5:2, word by word

“She has fallenנָפְלָהnafla

fall

To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.

Where else “nafla” appears
riseקוּםkum

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

Where else “kum” appears
againתוֹסִיףtosif

do again

To do again what had already been done.

Where else “tosif” appears
the virginבְּתוּלַתbetulat

virgin

Young woman not yet married; virgin.

Where else “betulat” 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
she lies abandonedנִטְּשָׁהnitsha

abandon

To turn away from someone or something and leave it behind.

Where else “nitsha” appears
her groundאַדְמָתָadmata

land

A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.

Where else “admata” appears

The context

1Hear this word that I take up over you as a funeral song, house of Israel:

2 · This verse (above)

3For thus says Adonai YHWH: The city that goes out a thousand strong will have left a hundred, and the one that goes out a hundred strong will have left ten, for the house of Israel.

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