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Amos 5:14 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Amos 5:14, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

Seek good and not evil that ye may live and so the LORD the God of hosts shall be with you as ye have spoken

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1דִּרְשׁוּH1875Seekproperly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
2ט֥וֹבH2896goodgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
3וְאַלH408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
4רָ֖עH7451and not evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
5לְמַ֣עַןH4616properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
6תִּֽחְי֑וּH2421that ye may liveto live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
7וִיהִיH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
8כֵ֞ןH3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
9יְהוָ֧הH3068and so the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
10אֱלֹהֵֽיH430the Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
11צְבָא֛וֹתH6635of hostsa mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci
12אִתְּכֶ֖םH854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
13כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
14אֲמַרְתֶּֽם׃H559shall be with you as ye have spokento say (used with great latitude)

Verse Context

Amos 5:13 Therefore the prudent in that time shall keep silence ...
Amos 5:14 (current)Seek good and not evil that ye may live and so the LORD the God of hosts shall be with you as ye have spoken
Amos 5:15Hate the evil and love the good and establish in the gate...

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