Hebrew Interlinear
Amos 5:8 Interlinear
“Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion and turneth into the morning the shadow of death and maketh the day with night dark that calleth for the waters of the sea and poureth them out upon the face of the earth The LORD is his name”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | עֹשֵׂ֨ה | H6213 | Seek him that maketh | to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application |
| 2 | כִימָ֜ה | H3598 | the seven stars | a cluster of stars, i.e., the pleiades |
| 3 | וּכְסִ֗יל | H3685 | and Orion | any notable constellation; specifically orion (as if a burly one) |
| 4 | וְהֹפֵ֤ךְ | H2015 | and turneth | to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert |
| 5 | לַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ | H1242 | into the morning | properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning |
| 6 | צַלְמָ֔וֶת | H6757 | the shadow of death | shade of death, i.e., the grave (figuratively, calamity) |
| 7 | וְי֖וֹם | H3117 | and maketh the day | a 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 |
| 8 | לַ֣יְלָה | H3915 | with night | properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity |
| 9 | הֶחְשִׁ֑יךְ | H2821 | dark | to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken |
| 10 | הַקּוֹרֵ֣א | H7121 | that calleth | to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) |
| 11 | לְמֵֽי | H4325 | for the waters | water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen |
| 12 | הַיָּ֗ם | H3220 | of the sea | a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif |
| 13 | וַֽיִּשְׁפְּכֵ֛ם | H8210 | and poureth them out | to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc |
| 14 | עַל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 15 | פְּנֵ֥י | H6440 | upon the face | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 16 | הָאָ֖רֶץ | H776 | of the earth | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
| 17 | יְהוָ֥ה | H3068 | The LORD | (the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god |
| 18 | שְׁמֽוֹ׃ | H8034 | is his name | an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character |
Verse Context
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