Amos 9:13

“Look, 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.”

Amos 9:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Amos 9:13, word by word

daysיָמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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are comingבָּאִיםbaim

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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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.

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when the plowmanחוֹרֵשׁchoresh

plow

To drive the plow, opening furrows in the soil.

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will overtakeנִגַּשׁnigash

come near

To go until one is near someone or something.

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the reaperקֹּצֵרkotser

reap

To cut the ripe grain; those who cut it.

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and the one who treadsדֹרֵךְdorech

tread

To step on; crush grapes underfoot.

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grapesעֲנָבִיםanavim

grape

Grape.

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the one who scattersמֹשֵׁךְmoshech

go

To set out toward a place, often as a group.

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the seedזָּרַעzara

seed

What is sown to sprout: grains and seeds of plants.

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and the mountainsהָרִיםharim

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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will dripהִטִּיפוּhitifu

drip

To let fall drop by drop, like rain or honey.

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sweet wineעָסִיסasis

juice

Juice, fresh wine from the grapes.

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the hillsגְּבָעוֹתgevaot

hill

Hill.

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will meltתִּתְמוֹגַגְנָהtitmogagna

soften

To dissolve or soften, like the ground with rain or the earth before YHWH.

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The context

12so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations over whom my name is called, declares YHWH, who does this.

13 · This verse (above)

14And I will turn back the captivity of my people Israel, and they will build the desolate cities and live in them; and they will plant vineyards and drink their wine; and they will make gardens and eat their fruit.

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