Hebrew Interlinear

Amos 9:4 Interlinear

into captivity before their enemies thence will I command the sword and it shall slay them and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil and not for good

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְאִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
2יֵלְכ֤וּH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
3בַשְּׁבִי֙H7628into captivityexiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension, booty
4לִפְנֵ֣יH6440beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
5אֹֽיבֵיהֶ֔םH341their enemieshating; an adversary
6מִשָּׁ֛םH8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
7אֲצַוֶּ֥הH6680thence will I command(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
8אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
9הַחֶ֖רֶבH2719the sworddrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
10וַהֲרָגָ֑תַםH2026and it shall slayto smite with deadly intent
11וְשַׂמְתִּ֨יH7760them and I will setto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
12עֵינִ֧יH5869mine eyesan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
13עֲלֵיהֶ֛םH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
14לְרָעָ֖הH7451upon them for evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
15וְלֹ֥אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
16לְטוֹבָֽה׃H2896and not for goodgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good

Verse Context

Amos 9:3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel I will search...
Amos 9:4 (current) into captivity before their enemies thence will I command the sword and it shall slay them and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil and not for good
Amos 9:5And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land and it shall melt...

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