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YHWHיְהוָהrelentedנִחַםconcerningעַלthis.זֹאת“It will notלֹאhappen,”תִהְיֶהsaidאָמַרYHWH.יְהוָה
Amos 7:3
Study it in the app“YHWH relented concerning this. “It will not happen,” said YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 7:3, word by word
- 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- relentedנִחַםnicham
relent
God gives up the evil he announced and leaves it unfulfilled.
Where else “nicham” appears- happenתִהְיֶהtihye
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “tihye” appears- saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears
The context
2And 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.”
3 · This verse (above)
4Thus Adonai YHWH showed me: and look, Adonai YHWH was calling to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep and was devouring the portion.