Hebrew Interlinear
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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | הַבּוֹנֶ֤ה | H1129 | It is he that buildeth | to build (literally and figuratively) |
| 2 | בַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ | H8064 | in the heaven | the 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 |
| 3 | מַעֲלוֹתָ֔ו | H4609 | his stories | elevation, i.e., the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step o |
| 4 | וַאֲגֻדָּת֖וֹ | H92 | his troop | a band, bundle, knot, or arch |
| 5 | עַל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 6 | הָאָ֖רֶץ | H776 | in the earth | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
| 7 | יְסָדָ֑הּ | H3245 | and hath founded | to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e., settle, consult |
| 8 | הַקֹּרֵ֣א | H7121 | he that calleth | to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) |
| 9 | לְמֵֽי | H4325 | for the waters | water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen |
| 10 | הַיָּ֗ם | H3220 | of the sea | a 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 |
| 11 | וַֽיִּשְׁפְּכֵ֛ם | H8210 | and poureth them out | to 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 |
| 12 | עַל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 13 | פְּנֵ֥י | H6440 | upon the face | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 14 | הָאָ֖רֶץ | H776 | in the earth | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
| 15 | יְהוָ֥ה | H3068 | The LORD | (the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god |
| 16 | שְׁמֽוֹ׃ | H8034 | is his name | an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character |
Verse Context
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