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so thatלְמַעַןthey may possessיִירְשׁוּthe remnantשְׁאֵרִיתof Edomאֱדוֹםand allוְכָלthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםover whomאֲשֶׁר עֲלֵיהֶםmy nameשְׁמִיis called,נִקְרָאdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהwho doesעֹשֶׂהthis.זֹּאת
Amos 9:12
Study it in the app“so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations over whom my name is called, declares YHWH, who does this.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 9:12, word by word
- they may possessיִירְשׁוּyirshu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yirshu” appears- the remnantשְׁאֵרִיתsheerit
remnant
Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.
Where else “sheerit” appears- of Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- my nameשְׁמִshemi
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shemi” appears- is calledנִקְרָאnikra
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “nikra” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- who doesעֹשֶׂהose
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appears
Places in this verse
Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
The context
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;
12 · This verse (above)
13Look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when the plowman will overtake the reaper, and the one who treads grapes the one who scatters the seed; and the mountains will drip sweet wine, and all the hills will melt.