ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהThe cityהָעִירthat goes outהַיֹּצֵאתa thousand strongאֶלֶףwill have leftתַּשְׁאִירa hundred,מֵאָהand the one that goes outוְהַיּוֹצֵאתa hundred strongמֵאָהwill have leftתַּשְׁאִירten,עֲשָׂרָהfor the houseלְבֵיתof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Amos 5:3
Study it in the app“For 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 5:3, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- The cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- that goes outיֹּצֵאתyotset
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotset” appears- a thousand strongאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- will have leftתַּשְׁאִירtashir
leave
To leave something over.
Where else “tashir” appears- a hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- tenעֲשָׂרָהasara
ten
Ten.
Where else “asara” appears- for the houseבֵיתvet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” 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
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.”
3 · This verse (above)
4For thus says YHWH to the house of Israel: Seek me and live.