And I will turnוְהָפַכְתִּיyour feastsחַגֵּיכֶםinto mourning,לְאֵבֶלand allוְכָלyour songsשִׁירֵיכֶםinto a funeral song;לְקִינָהand I will bring upוְהַעֲלֵיתִיonעַלallכָּלloinsמָתְנַיִםsackcloth,שָׂקand onוְעַלeveryכָּלheadרֹאשׁbaldness;קָרְחָהand I will make itוְשַׂמְתִּיהָlike the mourningכְּאֵבֶלfor an only son,יָחִידand its endוְאַחֲרִיתָהּlike a bitterמָרday.כְּיוֹם
Amos 8:10
Study it in the app“And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into a funeral song; and I will bring up on all loins sackcloth, and on every head baldness; and I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 8:10, word by word
- And I will turnהָפַכְתִּיhafachti
change
To change something into something else.
Where else “hafachti” appears- your feastsחַגֵּיchage
festival
Festival in honor of God, with pilgrimage.
Where else “chage” appears- into mourningאֵבֶלevel
mourning
Mourning, grief for one who has died.
Where else “evel” appears- your songsשִׁירֵיshire
song
A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.
Where else “shire” appears- into a funeral songקִינָהkina
lament, dirge
Dirge: a poem sung over someone's death or over a disaster. The Hebrew name of the book of Lamentations comes from this word.
Where else “kina” appears- and I will bring upהַעֲלֵיתִיhaaleti
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “haaleti” appears- loinsמָתְנַיִםmatnayim
waist, loins
Waist, loins.
Where else “matnayim” appears- sackclothשָׂקsak
sackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sak” appears- headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- baldnessקָרְחָהkarcha
baldness
A bald spot: a part of the head shaved bare as a sign of mourning.
Where else “karcha” appears- and I will make itשַׂמְתִּיsamti
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “samti” appears- for an only sonיָחִידyachid
only
The only child of his parents, the most beloved.
Where else “yachid” appears- and its endאַחֲרִיתָacharita
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharita” appears- like a bitterמָרmar
bitterness
Deep pain of soul, or the cruelty that causes it.
Where else “mar” appears- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
9And it will happen on that day, declares Adonai YHWH, that I will make the sun go down at noon, and darken the earth in broad daylight.
10 · This verse (above)
11Look, days are coming, declares Adonai YHWH, when I will send a famine on the land; not a famine for bread, and not a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of YHWH.