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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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1עֹשֵׂ֨הH6213Seek him that makethto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
2כִימָ֜הH3598the seven starsa cluster of stars, i.e., the pleiades
3וּכְסִ֗ילH3685and Orionany notable constellation; specifically orion (as if a burly one)
4וְהֹפֵ֤ךְH2015and turnethto turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
5לַבֹּ֙קֶר֙H1242into the morningproperly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
6צַלְמָ֔וֶתH6757the shadow of deathshade of death, i.e., the grave (figuratively, calamity)
7וְי֖וֹםH3117and maketh the daya 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
8לַ֣יְלָהH3915with nightproperly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
9הֶחְשִׁ֑יךְH2821darkto be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken
10הַקּוֹרֵ֣אH7121that callethto call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
11לְמֵֽיH4325for the waterswater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
12הַיָּ֗םH3220of the seaa 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
13וַֽיִּשְׁפְּכֵ֛םH8210and poureth them outto 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
14עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
15פְּנֵ֥יH6440upon the facethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
16הָאָ֖רֶץH776of the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
17יְהוָ֥הH3068The LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
18שְׁמֽוֹ׃H8034is his namean appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

Verse Context

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Amos 5:8 (current)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
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