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to buyלִקְנוֹתthe poorדַּלִּיםfor silverבַּכֶּסֶףand the needyוְאֶבְיוֹןforבַּעֲבוּרa pair of sandals,נַעֲלָיִםand the refuseוּמַפַּלof the wheatבַּרwe will sell?”נַשְׁבִּיר
Amos 8:6
Study it in the app“to buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, and the refuse of the wheat we will sell?””
Amos condemns those who rig the scales to take advantage of the poorJustice and mercy
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 8:6, word by word
- to buyקְנוֹתkenot
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “kenot” appears- the poorדַּלִּיםdalim
poor, weak
Poor, weak: one who has little and little strength to defend himself.
Where else “dalim” appears- for silverכֶּסֶףkesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appears- and the needyאֶבְיוֹןevyon
needy
Needy: one who depends on the help of others.
Where else “evyon” appears- a pair of sandalsנַעֲלָיִםnaalayim
sandal
Sandal.
Where else “naalayim” appears- and the refuseמַפַּלmapal
refuse
What is left when wheat is cleaned and thrown away: the refuse.
Where else “mapal” appears- of the wheatבַּרbar
grain
Cereal already threshed and cleaned, the basis of bread.
Where else “bar” appears- we will sellנַשְׁבִּירnashbir
sell grain
To give wheat or barley to others in return for money.
Where else “nashbir” appears
The context
5saying, “When will the new moon be over, so that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath, so that we may open the stores of wheat, to make small the ephah and make great the shekel, and to falsify scales of deceit,
6 · This verse (above)
7YHWH has sworn by the pride of Jacob: I will never forget any of their deeds.