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Ifאִםthey digיַחְתְּרוּinto Sheol,בִשְׁאוֹלfrom thereמִשָּׁםmy handיָדִיwill take them;תִקָּחֵםand ifוְאִםthey climb upיַעֲלוּto the heavens,הַשָּׁמַיִםfrom thereמִשָּׁםI will bring them down.אוֹרִידֵם
Amos 9:2
Study it in the app“If they dig into Sheol, from there my hand will take them; and if they climb up to the heavens, from there I will bring them down.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 9:2, word by word
- they digיַחְתְּרוּyachtru
dig through
To make an opening by breaking through a wall or the ground.
Where else “yachtru” appears- into Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears- my handיָדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears- will take themתִקָּחֵtikache
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikache” appears- they climb upיַעֲלוּyaalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appears- to the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- I will bring them downאוֹרִידֵoride
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “oride” appears
The context
1I saw Adonai standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the capital, so that the thresholds shake, and shatter them on the head of all of them; and the last of them I will kill with the sword; not one of them who flees will get away, and not one of them who escapes will be delivered.
2 · This verse (above)
3And if they hide on the top of Carmel, from there I will search out and take them; and if they conceal themselves from my sight on the floor of the sea, from there I will command the snake, and it will bite them.