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And Amaziahוַ אֲמַצְיָהsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלAmos,עָמוֹס“Seer,חֹזֶהgo,לֵךְfleeבְּרַח לְךָtoאֶלthe landאֶרֶץof Judah,יְהוּדָהand eatוֶאֱכָלbreadלֶחֶםthere,שָׁםand thereוְשָׁםprophesy.תִּנָּבֵא
Amos 7:12
Study it in the app“And Amaziah said to Amos, “Seer, go, flee to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and there prophesy.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 7:12, word by word
- And Amaziahאֲמַצְיָהamatsya
Amaziah
Amaziah: a name meaning "YHWH is strong." Best known is the king of Judah, son of Joash (2 Kings 12:21; 14); also a priest of Bethel in Amos's time (Amos 7:10) and two other men (1 Chronicles 4:34; 6:45).
Where else “amatsya” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Amosעָמוֹסamos
Amos
"Amos": "burden"; a prophet from Tekoa.
Where else “amos” appears- “Seerחֹזֶהchoze
seer
A prophet who sees what God shows him.
Where else “choze” appears- goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- fleeבְּרַחberach
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “berach” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- and eatאֱכָלechal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echal” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
food
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lechem” appears- prophesyתִּנָּבֵאtinave
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “tinave” appears
The context
11For thus Amos has said, ‘By the sword Jeroboam will die, and Israel will surely go into exile away from his land.’”
12 · This verse (above)
13But at Bethel you will not again prophesy, for it is the king's sanctuary, and a house of the kingdom it is.”