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Amos 5:14 Interlinear

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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