Hebrew Interlinear
Amos 8:5 Interlinear
“Saying be gone When will the new moon that we may sell corn and the sabbath that we may set forth wheat small making the ephah great and the shekel and falsifying the balances by deceit”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לֵאמֹ֗ר | H559 | Saying | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 2 | מָתַ֞י | H4970 | properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative) | |
| 3 | יַעֲבֹ֤ר | H5674 | be gone | to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in |
| 4 | הַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ | H2320 | When will the new moon | the new moon; by implication, a month |
| 5 | וְנַשְׁבִּ֣ירָה | H7666 | that we may sell | to deal in grain |
| 6 | שֶּׁ֔בֶר | H7668 | corn | grain (as if broken into kernels) |
| 7 | וְהַשַּׁבָּ֖ת | H7676 | and the sabbath | intermission, i.e (specifically) the sabbath |
| 8 | וְנִפְתְּחָה | H6605 | that we may set forth | to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve |
| 9 | בָּ֑ר | H1250 | wheat | grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country |
| 10 | לְהַקְטִ֤ין | H6994 | small | to diminish, i.e., be (causatively, make) diminutive or (figuratively) of no account |
| 11 | אֵיפָה֙ | H374 | making the ephah | an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general |
| 12 | וּלְהַגְדִּ֣יל | H1431 | great | to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride) |
| 13 | שֶׁ֔קֶל | H8255 | and the shekel | probably a weight; used as a commercial standard |
| 14 | וּלְעַוֵּ֖ת | H5791 | and falsifying | to wrest |
| 15 | מֹאזְנֵ֥י | H3976 | the balances | (only in the dual) a pair of scales |
| 16 | מִרְמָֽה׃ | H4820 | by deceit | fraud |
Verse Context
Amos 8:4Hear this O ye that swallow up the needy even to make ...
Amos 8:5 (current)Saying be gone When will the new moon that we may sell corn and the sabbath that we may set forth wheat small making the ephah great and the shekel and falsifying the balances by deceit
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