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Amos 9:6 Interlinear

It is he that buildeth in the heaven his stories his troop in the earth and hath founded he that calleth for the waters of the sea and poureth them out upon the face in the earth The LORD is his name

Word-by-Word Analysis

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1הַבּוֹנֶ֤הH1129It is he that buildethto build (literally and figuratively)
2בַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙H8064in the heaventhe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
3מַעֲלוֹתָ֔וH4609his storieselevation, i.e., the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step o
4וַאֲגֻדָּת֖וֹH92his troopa band, bundle, knot, or arch
5עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
6הָאָ֖רֶץH776in the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
7יְסָדָ֑הּH3245and hath foundedto set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e., settle, consult
8הַקֹּרֵ֣אH7121he that callethto call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
9לְמֵֽיH4325for the waterswater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
10הַיָּ֗םH3220of 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
11וַֽיִּשְׁפְּכֵ֛םH8210and 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
12עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
13פְּנֵ֥יH6440upon 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
14הָאָ֖רֶץH776in the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
15יְהוָ֥הH3068The LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
16שְׁמֽוֹ׃H8034is his namean appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

Verse Context

Amos 9:5And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land and it shall melt...
Amos 9:6 (current)It is he that buildeth in the heaven his stories his troop in the earth and hath founded he that calleth for the waters of the sea and poureth them out upon the face in the earth The LORD is his name
Amos 9:7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians Are ye not as children...

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