ThereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָה‘Your wifeאִשְׁתְּךָwill be a prostituteתִּזְנֶהin the city,בָּעִירand your sonsוּבָנֶיךָand your daughtersוּבְנֹתֶיךָwill fallיִפֹּלוּby the sword,בַּחֶרֶבand your landוְאַדְמָתְךָwill be dividedתְּחֻלָּקby the measuring line;בַּחֶבֶלand youוְאַתָּהwill dieתָּמוּתonעַלuncleanטְמֵאָהground,אֲדָמָהand Israelוְיִשְׂרָאֵלwill surely go into exileגָּלֹה יִגְלֶהaway fromמֵעַלhis land.’”אַדְמָתוֹ
Amos 7:17
Study it in the app“Therefore 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.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 7:17, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- 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- ‘Your wifeאִשְׁתְּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- will be a prostituteתִּזְנֶהtizne
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “tizne” appears- in the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and your sonsבָנֶיvane
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vane” appears- and your daughtersבְנֹתֶיvenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appears- will fallיִפֹּלוּyipolu
fall in battle
To die in battle, killed by the enemy.
Where else “yipolu” appears- by the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- and your landאַדְמָתְadmat
land
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “admat” appears- will be dividedתְּחֻלָּקtechulak
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “techulak” appears- by the measuring lineחֶבֶלchevel
cord
A rope of twisted fibers, for tying, measuring or letting something down.
Where else “chevel” appears- will dieתָּמוּתtamut
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamut” appears- uncleanטְמֵאָהtemea
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “temea” appears- and 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- will surely go into exileגָּלֹהgalo
go into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “galo” appears
The context
16And now, hear the word of YHWH. You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
17 · This verse (above)