Amos 9:5

“And 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;”

Amos 9:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Amos 9:5, word by word

And Adonaiאדֹנָdona

Adonai, Lord

"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.

Where else “dona” appears
YHWHיְהוִהyehvi

YHWH (with Adonai)

The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".

Where else “yehvi” appears
Tsevaotצְּבָאוֹתtsevaot

Tsevaot

A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.

Where else “tsevaot” appears
is the one who touchesנּוֹגֵעַnogea

touch

To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.

Where else “nogea” appears
the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears
and it meltsתָּמוֹגtamog

soften

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

Where else “tamog” appears
who liveיוֹשְׁבֵיyoshve

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “yoshve” appears
mournאָבְלוּavlu

mourn

Mourn, grieve for the dead.

Where else “avlu” appears
risesעָלְתָהalta

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

Where else “alta” appears
like the Nileיְאֹרyeor

Nile

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and sinksשָׁקְעָהshaka

sink, die down

Sink, go down; of a fire, die down.

Where else “shaka” appears
of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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Places in this verse

JerusalemNileEgypt
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 1Nile

    Today: Nile River, Uganda to Egypt and the Mediterranean

    Egypt's great river; it flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.

    Pharaoh dreamed beside the Nile (Gen 41:1). God turned its waters to blood (Exod 7:20), and baby Moses was placed on its bank (Exod 2:3-5).

    Genesis 41:1Exodus 7:20Exodus 2:52 Kings 19:24

  • 2Egypt

    Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)

    A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.

    Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

The context

4And 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.”

5 · This verse (above)

6the one who builds in the heavens his upper chambers, and has founded his arch on the earth; the one who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the face of the earth: YHWH is his name.

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