The one who madeעֹשֵׂהthe Pleiadesכִימָהand Orion,וּכְסִילand turnsוְהֹפֵךְthe shadow of deathצַלְמָוֶתinto morning,לַבֹּקֶרand darkensהֶחְשִׁיךְdayוְיוֹםinto night;לַיְלָהwho callsהַקּוֹרֵאfor the watersלְמֵיof the seaהַיָּםand pours them outוַיִּשְׁפְּכֵםonעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof the earth:הָאָרֶץYHWHיְהוָהis his name.שְׁמוֹ
Amos 5:8
Study it in the app“The 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 5:8, word by word
- The one who madeעֹשֵׂהose
make
To build or create something.
Where else “ose” appears- the Pleiadesכִימָהchima
Pleiades
The name of a group of stars, probably the Pleiades.
Where else “chima” appears- and Orionכְסִילchesil
Orion, fool
The name of a constellation, probably Orion. It is the same word as "fool."
Where else “chesil” appears- and turnsהֹפֵךְhofech
change
To change something into something else.
Where else “hofech” appears- the shadow of deathצַלְמָוֶתtsalmavet
deep darkness
Deep darkness: the thickest gloom. The word joins "shadow" and "death"; it is used for extreme danger, for the densest darkness and for the place of the dead.
Where else “tsalmavet” appears- into morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- and darkensהֶחְשִׁיךְhechshich
grow dark
Grow dark; darken.
Where else “hechshich” appears- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- into nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- who callsקּוֹרֵאkore
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “kore” appears- for the watersמֵיme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appears- of the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- and pours them outיִּשְׁפְּכֵyishpche
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “yishpche” appears- the faceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” 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- is his nameשְׁמshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appears
The context
7Those who turn justice into wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth.
8 · This verse (above)
9The one who makes destruction flash against the strong, and destruction comes against the fortress.