Hebrew Interlinear

Amos 7:2 Interlinear

And it came to pass that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land then I said O Lord forgive arise I beseech thee by whom shall Jacob for he is small

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְהָיָ֗הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
3כִּלָּה֙H3615And it came to pass that when they had made an endto end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
4לֶֽאֱכוֹל֙H398of eatingto eat (literally or figuratively)
5אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
6עֵ֣שֶׂבH6212the grassgrass (or any tender shoot)
7הָאָ֔רֶץH776of the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
8וָאֹמַ֗רH559then I saidto say (used with great latitude)
9אֲדֹנָ֤יH136O Lordthe lord (used as a proper name of god only)
10יְהוִה֙H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
11סְֽלַֽחH5545forgiveto forgive
12נָ֔אH4994'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
13מִ֥יH4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
14יָק֖וּםH6965ariseto rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
15יַֽעֲקֹ֑בH3290I beseech thee by whom shall Jacobjaakob, the israelitish patriarch
16כִּ֥יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
17קָטֹ֖ןH6996for he is smallabbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
18הֽוּא׃H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

Verse Context

Amos 7:1 shewed Thus hath the Lord GOD unto me and behold he formed...
Amos 7:2 (current) And it came to pass that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land then I said O Lord forgive arise I beseech thee by whom shall Jacob for he is small
Amos 7:3repented The LORD ...

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