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And now,וְעַתָּהhearשְׁמַעthe wordדְּבַרof YHWH.יְהוָהYouאַתָּהsay,אֹמֵר‘Do notלֹאprophesyתִנָּבֵאagainstעַלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלand do notוְלֹאpreachתַטִּיףagainstעַלthe houseבֵּיתof Isaac.’יִשְׂחָק
Amos 7:16
Study it in the app“And now, hear the word of YHWH. You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 7:16, word by word
- hearשְׁמַעshema
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shema” appears- the wordדְּבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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- sayאֹמֵרomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omer” appears- prophesyתִנָּבֵאtinave
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “tinave” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
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- preachתַטִּיףtatif
preach
To speak as a prophet.
Where else “tatif” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- of Isaac.’יִשְׂחָקyischak
Isaac
Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah, written here in a rare form (Yischaq). The name means "he laughs".
Where else “yischak” appears
The context
15And YHWH took me from behind the flock, and YHWH said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
16 · This verse (above)
17Therefore thus says YHWH: ‘Your wife will be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, and your land will be divided by the measuring line; and you will die on unclean ground, and Israel will surely go into exile away from his land.’”