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And YHWHוַ יְהוָהtook meיִּקָּחֵנִיfrom behindמֵאַחֲרֵיthe flock,הַצֹּאןand YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי‘Go,לֵךְprophesyהִנָּבֵאtoאֶלmy peopleעַמִּיIsrael.’יִשְׂרָאֵל
Amos 7:15
Study it in the app“And YHWH took me from behind the flock, and YHWH said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 7:15, word by word
- And 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- took meיִּקָּחֵyikache
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikache” appears- the flockצֹּאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- ‘Goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- prophesyהִנָּבֵאhinave
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “hinave” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- Israel.’יִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
14And 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.
15 · This verse (above)
16And now, hear the word of YHWH. You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.’