Hebrew Interlinear

Amos 4:2 Interlinear

hath sworn The Lord GOD by his holiness that lo the days shall come upon you that he will take you away with hooks and your posterity with fishhooks

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1נִשְׁבַּ֨עH7650hath swornto seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
2אֲדֹנָ֤יH136The Lordthe lord (used as a proper name of god only)
3יְהוִה֙H3069GODgod
4בְּקָדְשׁ֔וֹH6944by his holinessa sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
5כִּ֛יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
6הִנֵּ֥הH2009lo!
7יָמִ֖יםH3117that lo the daysa day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
8בָּאִ֣יםH935shall cometo go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
9עֲלֵיכֶ֑םH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
10וְנִשָּׂ֤אH5375upon you that he will take you awayto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
11אֶתְכֶם֙H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
12בְּצִנּ֔וֹתH6793with hooksa (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness)
13וְאַחֲרִיתְכֶ֖ןH319and your posteritythe last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
14בְּסִיר֥וֹתH5518a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook
15דּוּגָֽה׃H1729with fishhooksproperly, fishery, i.e., a hook for fishing

Verse Context

Amos 4:1Hear this word ye kine of Bashan ...
Amos 4:2 (current)hath sworn The Lord GOD by his holiness that lo the days shall come upon you that he will take you away with hooks and your posterity with fishhooks
Amos 4:3at the breaches And ye shall go out every cow at that which is before her and ye shall cast them into the palace...

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