Hebrew Interlinear

Amos 5:12 Interlinear

For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins they afflict the just they take a bribe the poor in the gate and they turn aside

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּ֤יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙H3045For I knowto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
3רַבִּ֣יםH7227your manifoldabundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
4פִּשְׁעֵיכֶ֔םH6588transgressionsa revolt (national, moral or religious)
5וַעֲצֻמִ֖יםH6099and your mightypowerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous
6חַטֹּֽאתֵיכֶ֑םH2403sinsan offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
7צֹרְרֵ֤יH6887they afflictto cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
8צַדִּיק֙H6662the justjust
9לֹ֣קְחֵיH3947they taketo take (in the widest variety of applications)
10כֹ֔פֶרH3724a bribeproperly, a cover, i.e., (literally) a village (as covered in)
11וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםH34the poordestitute
12בַּשַּׁ֥עַרH8179in the gatean opening, i.e., door or gate
13הִטּֽוּ׃H5186and they turn asideto stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)

Verse Context

Amos 5:11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor from him burdens...
Amos 5:12 (current) For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins they afflict the just they take a bribe the poor in the gate and they turn aside
Amos 5:13 Therefore the prudent in that time shall keep silence ...

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