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Forכִּיlook,הִנֵּהYHWHיְהוָהcommands,מְצַוֶּהand he will strikeוְהִכָּהthe greatהַגָּדוֹלhouseהַבַּיִתinto fragments,רְסִיסִיםand the smallהַקָּטֹןhouseוְהַבַּיִתinto splinters.בְּקִעִים
Amos 6:11
Study it in the app“For look, YHWH commands, and he will strike the great house into fragments, and the small house into splinters.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 6:11, word by word
- 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- commandsמְצַוֶּהmetsave
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsave” appears- and he will strikeהִכָּהhika
strike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “hika” appears- the greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- into fragmentsרְסִיסִיםresisim
fragment
The pieces of a smashed house.
Where else “resisim” appears- and the smallקָּטֹןkaton
small
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “katon” appears- into splintersבְּקִעִיםbekiim
breach
A breach, a crack opened in a wall.
Where else “bekiim” appears
The context
10And his relative and the one who burns him will pick him up to bring out the bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost parts of the house, “Is there still anyone with you?” And he will say, “No one.” And he will say, “Hush! For we must not mention the name of YHWH.”
11 · This verse (above)
12Do horses run on the rock? Does one plow there with oxen? For you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;