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And the songsוְ שִׁירוֹתof the templeהֵיכָלwill wailהֵילִילוּon that day,בַּיּוֹם הַהוּאdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH;יְהוִהmanyרַבwill be the corpses;הַפֶּגֶרin everyבְּכָלplaceמָקוֹםthey will be thrown out.הִשְׁלִיךְSilence!”הָס
Amos 8:3
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With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 8:3, word by word
- And the songsשִׁירוֹתshirot
song
A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.
Where else “shirot” appears- of the templeהֵיכָלhechal
temple
Literally "palace": YHWH's great house.
Where else “hechal” appears- will wailהֵילִילוּhelilu
howl, wail
To howl, to wail: to cry out loud in grief or alarm.
Where else “helilu” appears- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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- manyרַבrav
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rav” appears- will be the corpsesפֶּגֶרpeger
carcass, corpse
Dead body, carcass, of a person or an animal.
Where else “peger” appears- placeמָקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- they will be thrown outהִשְׁלִיךְhishlich
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “hishlich” appears- Silenceהָסhas
quiet, hush
Make quiet, call for silence.
Where else “has” appears
The context
2And 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.
3 · This verse (above)
4Hear this, you who pant after the needy, and seek to bring to an end the poor of the land,