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Those who turnהַהֹפְכִיםjusticeמִשְׁפָּטinto wormwoodלְלַעֲנָהand cast downהִנִּיחוּrighteousnessוּצְדָקָהto the earth.לָאָרֶץ
Amos 5:7
Study it in the app“Those who turn justice into wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 5:7, word by word
- Those who turnהֹפְכִיםhofchim
change
To change something into something else.
Where else “hofchim” appears- justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- into wormwoodלַעֲנָהlaana
wormwood
Wormwood: a very bitter plant; an image of what ends in bitterness.
Where else “laana” appears- and cast downהִנִּיחוּhinichu
put
To set something or someone in a place.
Where else “hinichu” appears- righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedaka
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsedaka” appears- to the earthאָרֶץarets
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
6Seek YHWH and live, or else he will rush like fire on the house of Joseph, and it will devour and there will be no one to quench it for Bethel.
7 · This verse (above)
8The one who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into morning, and darkens day into night; who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the face of the earth: YHWH is his name.