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And it happened,וְהָיָהwhenאִםthey had finishedכִּלָּהeatingלֶאֱכוֹלthe grassעֵשֶׂבof the land,הָאָרֶץthat I said,וָאֹמַר“AdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִהforgive,סְלַחplease!נָאHowמִיwill Jacobיַעֲקֹבstand?יָקוּםForכִּיheהוּאis small.”קָטֹן
Amos 7:2
Study it in the app“And it happened, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said, “Adonai YHWH, forgive, please! How will Jacob stand? For he is small.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 7:2, word by word
- And it happenedהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- they had finishedכִּלָּהkila
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “kila” appears- eatingאֱכוֹלechol
feed
To feed.
Where else “echol” appears- the grassעֵשֶׂבesev
plants, vegetation
Small plants, herbs and crops that serve as food for people and animals.
Where else “esev” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- that I saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- “Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- forgiveסְלַחselach
forgive
Forgive, pardon. In the Bible this verb has only God as its subject.
Where else “selach” appears- will Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- standיָקוּםyakum
stand firm
To hold firm, be fulfilled.
Where else “yakum” appears- is smallקָטֹןkaton
small
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “katon” appears
The context
1Thus Adonai YHWH showed me: and look, he was forming locusts at the beginning of the sprouting of the late grass; and look, it was the late grass after the mowings of the king.
2 · This verse (above)
3YHWH relented concerning this. “It will not happen,” said YHWH.