Amos 8:12

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Amos 8:12, word by word

And they will staggerנָעוּnau

wander

To go from place to place with no fixed home, like an outcast.

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from seaיָּםyam

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

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and from the northצָּפוֹןtsafon

north

North.

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the eastמִזְרָחmizrach

east

Where the sun rises: the east.

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they will run to and froיְשׁוֹטְטוּyeshottu

roam

To go back and forth over a place, looking it over or searching for something.

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to seekבַקֵּשׁvakesh

seek

To go after someone or something in order to find it.

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the wordדְּבַרdevar

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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of 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.

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find itיִמְצָאוּyimtsau

find

To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.

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The context