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you who rejoiceהַשְּׂמֵחִיםin Lo-debar,לְלֹא דָבָרwho say,הָאֹמְרִים“Have we notהֲלוֹאby our strengthבְחָזְקֵנוּtakenלָקַחְנוּfor ourselvesלָנוּKarnaim?”קַרְנָיִם
Amos 6:13
Study it in the app“you who rejoice in Lo-debar, who say, “Have we not by our strength taken for ourselves Karnaim?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 6:13, word by word
- you who rejoiceשְּׂמֵחִיםsemechim
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “semechim” appears- in Lo-debarדָבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- who sayאֹמְרִיםomrim
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omrim” appears- by our strengthחָזְקֵchazke
strength
Strength, power.
Where else “chazke” appears- takenלָקַחְנוּlakachnu
seize
To take away, seize.
Where else “lakachnu” appears- Karnaimקַרְנָיִםkarnayim
General meaning: Horn.
Where else “karnayim” appears
Translation note
A wordplay: “Lo-debar” means “nothing,” and “Karnaim,” “two horns” (a symbol of strength).
The context
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;
13 · This verse (above)
14For look at me: I am raising up against you, house of Israel, declares YHWH, Elohim Tsevaot, a nation, and they will oppress you from the entrance of Hamath to the wadi of the Arabah.