Amos 9:6

“the 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.”

Amos 9:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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the one who buildsבּוֹנֶהbone

build

To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.

Where else “bone” appears
in the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

heaven

God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".

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his upper chambersמַעֲלוֹתָיmaalotay

step

A step or stair of a stairway.

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and has foundedיְסָדָyesada

found

To lay the foundations of something on which it will be raised.

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his archאֲגֻדָּתagudat

vault

The vault YHWH stretched over the earth, like a roof.

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the earthאֶרֶץerets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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the one who callsקֹּרֵאkore

cry out

To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.

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for the watersמֵיme

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

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of the seaיָּםyam

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

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and pours them outיִּשְׁפְּכֵyishpche

spill

To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.

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the faceפְּנֵיpene

surface

The surface: "the face of the earth".

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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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is his nameשְׁמshem

name of YHWH

YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.

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Translation note

“His arch”: literally “his bundle”; perhaps the vault of the sky, resting on the earth.

The context

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;

6 · This verse (above)

7Are you not like the children of the Cushites to me, children of Israel? declares YHWH. Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?

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