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And you carriedוּנְשָׂאתֶםSikkuthסִכּוּתyour king,מַלְכְּכֶםand Kiyyun,וְ כִּיּוּןyour images,צַלְמֵיכֶםthe starכּוֹכַבof your gods,אֱלֹהֵיכֶםwhichאֲשֶׁרyou madeעֲשִׂיתֶםfor yourselves.לָכֶם
Amos 5:26
Study it in the app“And you carried Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your gods, which you made for yourselves.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 5:26, word by word
- And you carriedנְשָׂאתֶםnesatem
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nesatem” appears- Sikkuthסִכּוּתsikut
Sikkuth, booth
"Sikkuth": the name of an idol; it can also be "booth" (sense uncertain).
Where else “sikut” appears- your kingמַלְכְּmalk
Molech
Molech: a god of peoples near Israel, to whom children were sacrificed. The name looks like the Hebrew word for "king".
Where else “malk” appears- and Kiyyunכִּיּוּןkiyun
Kiyyun
"Kiyyun": the name of an idol or star god (sense uncertain).
Where else “kiyun” appears- your imagesצַלְמֵיtsalme
image
What shows what another is like; humans reflect God.
Where else “tsalme” appears- the starכּוֹכַבkochav
star
Star.
Where else “kochav” appears- of your godsאֱלֹהֵיelohe
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appears- you madeעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asitem” appears
Translation note
“Sikkuth” and “Kiyyun”: sense uncertain; Strong gives “Sikkuth” as “booth (of an idol)” and “Kiyyun” as “image, idol” or the name of a god. Stephen quotes these verses in Acts 7:43 with the words “the tent of Molech” and “the star of the god Rephan.”
The context
25Did you bring me sacrifices and offering in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?
26 · This verse (above)
27And I will send you into exile beyond Damascus, says YHWH, Elohim Tsevaot is his name.