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ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהto the houseלְבֵיתof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלSeek meדִּרְשׁוּנִיand live.וִחְיוּ
Amos 5:4
Study it in the app“For thus says YHWH to the house of Israel: Seek me and live.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 5:4, 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- 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- to 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- Seek meדִּרְשׁוּdirshu
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “dirshu” appears- and liveחְיוּcheu
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “cheu” appears
The context
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.
4 · This verse (above)
5And do not seek Bethel, and do not enter Gilgal, and do not cross over to Beersheba; for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will become nothing.