AdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWHיְהוִהhas swornנִשְׁבַּעby his soul,בְּנַפְשׁוֹdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהElohimאֱלֹהֵיTsevaot:צְבָאוֹתIאָנֹכִיabhorמְתָאֵבthe prideגְּאוֹןof Jacob,יַעֲקֹבand his citadelsוְאַרְמְנֹתָיוI hate;שָׂנֵאתִיand I will hand overוְהִסְגַּרְתִּיthe cityעִירand all that fills it.וּמְלֹאָהּ
Amos 6:8
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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".
Where else “yehvi” appears- has swornנִשְׁבַּעnishba
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishba” appears- by his soulנַפְשׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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- Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- abhorמְתָאֵבmetaev
abhor
To abhor, detest.
Where else “metaev” appears- the prideגְּאוֹןgeon
pride
Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.
Where else “geon” appears- 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.
Where else “yaakov” appears- and his citadelsאַרְמְנֹתָיarmnotay
citadel, fortress
Citadel, fortified palace: the high and strongest part of a city or of the king's house.
Where else “armnotay” appears- I hateשָׂנֵאתִיsaneti
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “saneti” appears- and I will hand overהִסְגַּרְתִּיhisgarti
hand over
To leave a person or a people in the power of an enemy.
Where else “hisgarti” appears- the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and all that fills itמְלֹאָmeloa
fullness
Everything that is in something: the sea and all that fills it, the earth and its fullness.
Where else “meloa” appears
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.