{
"verseID": "Amos.2.4",
"source": "כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פִּשְׁעֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָ֖ה לֹ֣א אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ עַֽל־מָאֳסָ֞ם אֶת־תּוֹרַ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה וְחֻקָּיו֙ לֹ֣א שָׁמָ֔רוּ וַיַּתְעוּם֙ כִּזְבֵיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־הָלְכ֥וּ אֲבוֹתָ֖ם אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃",
"text": "*kōh ʾāmar YHWH* upon-*šəlōšāh pišʿê yəhûdāh wə*-upon-*ʾarbāʿāh lōʾ ʾăšîbennû* upon-*māʾŏsām ʾet-tôrat YHWH wə-ḥuqqāyw lōʾ šāmārû wayyatʿûm kizbêhem ʾăšer-hālkû ʾăbôtām ʾaḥărêhem*",
"grammar": {
"*kōh*": "adverb - thus/so",
"*ʾāmar*": "perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said/speaks",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/LORD",
"*šəlōšāh*": "cardinal number, masculine - three",
"*pišʿê*": "construct masculine plural of *pešaʿ* - transgressions/rebellions of",
"*yəhûdāh*": "proper noun - Judah",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾarbāʿāh*": "cardinal number, masculine - four",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ʾăšîbennû*": "hiphil imperfect 1st singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - I will not turn it back/revoke it",
"*māʾŏsām*": "infinitive construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their rejecting",
"*ʾet-tôrat*": "direct object marker + feminine singular construct - the law/instruction of",
"*ḥuqqāyw*": "masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his statutes/decrees",
"*šāmārû*": "qal perfect 3rd common plural - they kept/observed",
"*wayyatʿûm*": "waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and they led them astray",
"*kizbêhem*": "masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their lies/falsehoods",
"*ʾăšer-hālkû*": "relative particle + qal perfect 3rd common plural - which walked",
"*ʾăbôtām*": "masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their fathers",
"*ʾaḥărêhem*": "preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - after them"
},
"variants": {
"*pišʿê*": "transgressions/rebellions/crimes",
"*ʾăšîbennû*": "I will not turn it back/revoke it/reverse it",
"*māʾŏsām*": "their rejecting/their despising/their refusing",
"*tôrat*": "law/teaching/instruction/direction",
"*ḥuqqāyw*": "his statutes/his decrees/his ordinances",
"*šāmārû*": "they kept/they observed/they guarded",
"*wayyatʿûm*": "they led them astray/they caused them to err/they deceived them",
"*kizbêhem*": "their lies/their falsehoods/their deceptions"
}
}