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And I said,וָאֹמַר“AdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִהstop,חֲדַלplease!נָאHowמִיwill Jacobיַעֲקֹבstand?יָקוּםForכִּיheהוּאis small.”קָטֹן
Amos 7:5
Study it in the app“And I said, “Adonai YHWH, stop, please! How will Jacob stand? For he is small.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 7:5, word by word
- And 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- stopחֲדַלchadal
cease, stop
Stop doing something, cease; leave off.
Where else “chadal” 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
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.
5 · This verse (above)
6YHWH relented concerning this. “This too will not happen,” said Adonai YHWH.