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By the swordבַּחֶרֶבallכֹּלthe sinnersחַטָּאֵיof my peopleעַמִּיwill die,יָמוּתוּwho say,הָאֹמְרִים“The evilהָרָעָהwill notלֹאcome nearתַגִּישׁor confrontוְתַקְדִּיםus.”בַּעֲדֵינוּ
Amos 9:10
Study it in the app“By the sword all the sinners of my people will die, who say, “The evil will not come near or confront us.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 9:10, word by word
- By the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- the sinnersחַטָּאֵיchatae
sinner
Sinner: one who habitually fails God; also one counted guilty.
Where else “chatae” appears- of my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- will dieיָמוּתוּyamutu
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamutu” appears- who sayאֹמְרִיםomrim
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omrim” appears- “The evilרָעָהraa
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raa” appears- come nearתַגִּישׁtagish
come near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “tagish” appears- or confrontתַקְדִּיםtakdim
meet
To go toward someone who is coming: to help him or to confront him.
Where else “takdim” appears
The context
9For look, I am commanding, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is shaken in a sieve, and not a pebble falls to the ground.
10 · This verse (above)
11On that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David, and wall up their breaches, and raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old;