Study it in the app“And he said, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” And YHWH said to me, “The end has come upon my people Israel; I will no longer pass by him.”
And he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whatמָהdo youאַתָּהsee,רֹאֶהAmos?”עָמוֹסAnd I said,וָאֹמַר“A basketכְּלוּבof summer fruit.”קָיִץAnd YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“The endהַקֵּץhas comeבָּאuponאֶלmy peopleעַמִּיIsrael;יִשְׂרָאֵלI will noלֹאlongerאוֹסִיף עוֹדpass byעֲבוֹרhim.לוֹ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roe” appearsAmos
"Amos": "burden"; a prophet from Tekoa.
Where else “amos” appearsbasket
A basket for carrying or keeping summer fruit.
Where else “keluv” appearssummer fruit
The fruits that ripen in summer, like figs and grapes.
Where else “kayits” appearsYHWH
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” appearsend
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kets” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsdo again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “osif” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avor” appearsA wordplay: “summer fruit” is qayits, and “end” is qets.
1Thus Adonai YHWH showed me: and look, a basket of summer fruit.
2 · This verse (above)
3And the songs of the temple will wail on that day, declares Adonai YHWH; many will be the corpses; in every place they will be thrown out. Silence!”
