And ifוְאִםthey goיֵלְכוּinto captivityבַשְּׁבִיbeforeלִפְנֵיtheir enemies,אֹיבֵיהֶםfrom thereמִשָּׁםI will commandאֲצַוֶּהthe sword,הַחֶרֶבand it will kill them;וַהֲרָגָתַםand I will setוְשַׂמְתִּיmy eyesעֵינִיon themעֲלֵיהֶםfor evilלְרָעָהand notוְלֹאfor good.”לְטוֹבָה
Amos 9:4
Study it in the app“And if they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword, and it will kill them; and I will set my eyes on them for evil and not for good.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 9:4, word by word
- they goיֵלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- into captivityשְּׁבִיshevi
captive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- their enemiesאֹיבֵיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears- I will commandאֲצַוֶּהatsave
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “atsave” appears- the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- and it will kill themהֲרָגָתַharagata
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “haragata” appears- and I will setשַׂמְתִּיsamti
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samti” appears- my eyesעֵינִeni
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “eni” appears- for evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- for goodטוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears
The context
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.
4 · This verse (above)
5And Adonai YHWH Tsevaot is the one who touches the earth, and it melts, and all who live in it mourn, and all of it rises like the Nile, and sinks like the Nile of Egypt;