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And it will happenוְהָיָהon that day,בַּיּוֹם הַהוּאdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִהthat I will makeוְהֵבֵאתִיthe sunהַשֶּׁמֶשׁgo downהֵבֵאתִיat noon,בַּצָּהֳרָיִםand darkenוְהַחֲשַׁכְתִּיthe earthלָאָרֶץin broad daylight.בְּיוֹם אוֹר
Amos 8:9
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 8:9, word by word
- And it will happenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” 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- that I will makeהֵבֵאתִיheveti
set
For the sun to set.
Where else “heveti” appears- the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- at noonצָּהֳרָיִםtsahorayim
noon
When the sun is highest; or full light.
Where else “tsahorayim” appears- and darkenהַחֲשַׁכְתִּיhachashachti
grow dark
Grow dark; darken.
Where else “hachashachti” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- in broad daylightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears
The context
8Will not the earth tremble on account of this, and everyone who lives in it mourn? And all of it will rise like the Nile, and be tossed about and sink like the Nile of Egypt.
9 · This verse (above)
10And 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.