And AdonaiוַאדֹנָיYHWHיְהוִהTsevaotהַצְּבָאוֹתis the one who touchesהַנּוֹגֵעַthe earth,בָּאָרֶץand it melts,וַתָּמוֹגand allכָּלwho liveיוֹשְׁבֵיin itבָהּmourn,וְאָבְלוּand all of itכֻּלָּהּrisesוְעָלְתָהlike the Nile,כַיְאֹרand sinksוְשָׁקְעָהlike the Nileכִּיאֹרof Egypt;מִצְרָיִם
Amos 9:5
Study it in the app“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;”
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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
See it on the mapWhere else “yeor” appears- and sinksשָׁקְעָהshaka
sink, die down
Sink, go down; of a fire, die down.
Where else “shaka” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Places in this verse
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).
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).
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.