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The one who makes destruction flashהַמַּבְלִיג שֹׁדagainstעַלthe strong,עָזand destructionוְשֹׁדcomesיָבוֹאagainstעַלthe fortress.מִבְצָר
Amos 5:9
Study it in the app“The one who makes destruction flash against the strong, and destruction comes against the fortress.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 5:9, word by word
- The one who makes destruction flashמַּבְלִיגmavlig
flash
To make flash, like lightning.
Where else “mavlig” appears- The one who makes destruction flashשֹׁדshod
destruction, violence
Devastation, ruin that comes with violence.
Where else “shod” appears- the strongעָזaz
strong
Having strength to prevail: an enemy, a people or a border hard to overcome.
Where else “az” appears- comesיָבוֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- the fortressמִבְצָרmivtsar
fortress, fortified city
Fortress, fortified city.
Where else “mivtsar” appears
The context
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.
9 · This verse (above)
10They hate the one who reproves in the gate, and the one who speaks with integrity they abhor.