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And Amosוַ עָמוֹסansweredיַּעַןand saidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלAmaziah,אֲמַצְיָה“Iאָנֹכִיam notלֹאa prophet,נָבִיאand Iוְ אָנֹכִיam notלֹאa prophet'sנָבִיאson;בֶןbutכִּיIאָנֹכִיam a herdsmanבוֹקֵרand a dresserוּבוֹלֵסof sycamore figs.שִׁקְמִים
Amos 7:14
Study it in the app“And Amos answered and said to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet, and I am not a prophet's son; but I am a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 7:14, word by word
- And Amosעָמוֹסamos
Amos
"Amos": "burden"; a prophet from Tekoa.
Where else “amos” appears- answeredיַּעַןyaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- 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- a prophetנָבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- sonבֶןven
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “ven” appears- am a herdsmanבוֹקֵרvoker
herdsman
A herdsman, one who tends cattle.
Where else “voker” appears- and a dresserבוֹלֵסvoles
tend sycamore figs
To tend or cut the figs of the sycamore tree so that they ripen.
Where else “voles” appears- of sycamore figsשִׁקְמִיםshikmim
sycamore
Sycamore: a tree of the fig family, common in the lowlands of Israel, with cheap wood and poor fruit.
Where else “shikmim” appears
Translation note
The sycamore gives a kind of fig; it had to be cut open so that it would ripen.
The context
13But at Bethel you will not again prophesy, for it is the king's sanctuary, and a house of the kingdom it is.”
14 · This verse (above)
15And YHWH took me from behind the flock, and YHWH said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’