the one who buildsהַבּוֹנֶהin the heavensבַשָּׁמַיִםhis upper chambers,מַעֲלוֹתָיוand has foundedיְסָדָהּhis archוַאֲגֻדָּתוֹonעַלthe earth;אֶרֶץthe one who callsהַקֹּרֵאfor the watersלְמֵיof the seaהַיָּםand pours them outוַיִּשְׁפְּכֵםonעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof the earth:הָאָרֶץYHWHיְהוָהis his name.שְׁמוֹ
Amos 9:6
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 9:6, word by word
- 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".
Where else “shamayim” appears- his upper chambersמַעֲלוֹתָיmaalotay
step
A step or stair of a stairway.
Where else “maalotay” appears- and has foundedיְסָדָyesada
found
To lay the foundations of something on which it will be raised.
Where else “yesada” appears- his archאֲגֻדָּתagudat
vault
The vault YHWH stretched over the earth, like a roof.
Where else “agudat” appears- the earthאֶרֶץerets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “erets” appears- the one who callsקֹּרֵאkore
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “kore” appears- for the watersמֵיme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appears- of the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- and pours them outיִּשְׁפְּכֵyishpche
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “yishpche” appears- the faceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- is his nameשְׁמshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appears
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?