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Amos 8:6 Interlinear

“That we may buy for silver the poor and the needy for a pair of shoes the refuse of the wheat yea and sell”

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Amos 8 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	לִקְנ֤וֹת	H7069	That we may buy	to erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
2	בַּכֶּ֙סֶף֙	H3701	for silver	silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
3	דַּלִּ֔ים	H1800	the poor	properly, dangling, i.e., (by implication) weak or thin
4	וְאֶבְי֖וֹן	H34	and the needy	destitute
5	בַּעֲב֣וּר	H5668		properly, crossed, i.e., (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that
6	נַעֲלָ֑יִם	H5275	for a pair of shoes	properly, a sandal tongue; by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless)
7	וּמַפַּ֥ל	H4651	the refuse	a falling off, i.e., chaff; also something pendulous, i.e., a flap
8	בַּ֖ר	H1250	of the wheat	grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country
9	נַשְׁבִּֽיר׃	H7666	yea and sell	to deal in grain

Amos 8:6 (current)That we may buy for silver the poor and the needy for a pair of shoes the refuse of the wheat yea and sell