Amos 7:1

“Thus Adonai YHWH showed me: and look, he was forming locusts at the beginning of the sprouting of the late grass; and look, it was the late grass after the mowings of the king.”

Amos 7:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Amos 7:1, 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
showed meהִרְאַhira

show

To make someone see something.

Where else “hira” appears
he was formingיוֹצֵרyotser

mold

To mold, as God molded man from dust.

Where else “yotser” appears
locustsגֹּבַיgovay

locust

A locust, a swarm of locusts.

Where else “govay” appears
at the beginningתְחִלַּתtechilat

beginning

Beginning, start; "at first".

Where else “techilat” appears
of the sproutingעֲלוֹתalot

rise

To rise: the sun, the smoke.

Where else “alot” appears
of the late grassלָּקֶשׁlakesh

late crop

The late crop, the grass that grows after the first mowing.

Where else “lakesh” appears
the mowingsגִּזֵּיgize

mown grass

Cutting of grass; freshly cut field.

Where else “gize” appears
of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

Where else “melech” appears

Translation note

“The mowings of the king”: perhaps the first grass, which was cut for the king.

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2And it happened, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said, “Adonai YHWH, forgive, please! How will Jacob stand? For he is small.”

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