Amos 6:8

“Adonai YHWH has sworn by his soul, declares YHWH, Elohim Tsevaot: I abhor the pride of Jacob, and his citadels I hate; and I will hand over the city and all that fills it.”

Amos 6:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Amos 6:8, word by word

Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona

Adonai, Lord

"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.

Where else “adona” appears
YHWHיְהוִהyehvi

YHWH (with Adonai)

The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".

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has swornנִשְׁבַּעnishba

swear

To promise with God as witness.

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by his soulנַפְשׁnafsh

soul

A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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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.

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Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot

Tsevaot

A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.

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abhorמְתָאֵבmetaev

abhor

To abhor, detest.

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the prideגְּאוֹןgeon

pride

Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.

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of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov

Jacob

Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.

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and his citadelsאַרְמְנֹתָיarmnotay

citadel, fortress

Citadel, fortified palace: the high and strongest part of a city or of the king's house.

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I hateשָׂנֵאתִיsaneti

hate

To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.

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and I will hand overהִסְגַּרְתִּיhisgarti

hand over

To leave a person or a people in the power of an enemy.

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the cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

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and all that fills itמְלֹאָmeloa

fullness

Everything that is in something: the sea and all that fills it, the earth and its fullness.

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The context

7Therefore now they will go into exile at the head of the exiles, and the banquet of those who sprawl will pass away.

8 · This verse (above)

9And it will happen that if ten men remain in one house, they will die.

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