Amos 8:14

American Standard Version (1901)

They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, As thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, As the way of Beer-sheba liveth; they shall fall, and never rise up again.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַנִּשְׁבָּעִים֙ בְּאַשְׁמַ֣ת שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן וְאָמְר֗וּ חֵ֤י אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ דָּ֔ן וְחֵ֖י דֶּ֣רֶךְ בְּאֵֽר־שָׁ֑בַע וְנָפְל֖וּ וְלֹא־יָק֥וּמוּ עֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

The ones hannišbāʿîm by ʾašmat šōmərôn and wəʾāmrû alive ḥê your ʾĕlōheḵā dān and alive ḥê way dereḵ bəʾêr šābaʿ and wənāp̄lû and not yāqûmû again

Grammar Details

• *hannišbāʿîm*: definite article + niphal participle, masculine plural - the ones swearing
• *bəʾašmat*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - by the guilt/sin of
• *šōmərôn*: proper noun - Samaria
• *wəʾāmrû*: qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd plural - and they say
• *ḥê*: adjective, masculine singular construct - living/life of
• *ʾĕlōheḵā*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your god
• *dān*: proper noun - Dan
• *wə-*: conjunction - and
• *dereḵ*: noun, masculine singular construct - way of
• *bəʾêr šābaʿ*: proper noun - Beersheba
• *wənāp̄lû*: qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd plural - and they will fall
• *wəlōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *yāqûmû*: qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they will rise
• *ʿôd*: adverb - again/still

Word Meanings

• *hannišbāʿîm*: the ones swearing/those who swear/those taking oaths
• *ʾašmat*: guilt/sin/trespass
• *šōmərôn*: Samaria
• *ḥê*: living/life/as surely as lives
• *ʾĕlōheḵā*: your god/your deity
• *dereḵ*: way/road/journey
• *bəʾêr šābaʿ*: Beersheba (lit. well of oath/seven)
• *nāp̄lû*: they will fall/they will collapse
• *yāqûmû*: they will rise/they will stand up
• *ʿôd*: again/still/yet/anymore

Referenced Verses

• Amos 5:5 : 5 but seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.
• Deut 9:21 : 21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
• Acts 9:2 : 2 and asked of him letters to Damascus unto the synagogues, that if he found any that were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
• 1 Kgs 12:28-29 : 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 29 And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
• 1 Kgs 12:32 : 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he went up unto the altar; so did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places that he had made.
• 1 Kgs 13:22-34 : 22 but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy body shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. 23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, [to wit], for the prophet whom he had brought back. 24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his body was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it; the lion also stood by the body. 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. 26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the mouth of Jehovah: therefore Jehovah hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake unto him. 27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled it. 28 And he went and found his body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the body: the lion had not eaten the body, nor torn the ass. 29 And the prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back; and he came to the city of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him. 30 And he laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, [saying], Alas, my brother! 31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones. 32 For the saying which he cried by the word of Jehovah against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass. 33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places. 34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
• 1 Kgs 14:16 : 16 And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he hath sinned, and wherewith he hath made Israel to sin.
• 1 Kgs 16:24 : 24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, Samaria.
• 2 Kgs 10:29 : 29 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, [to wit], the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.
• 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
• Ps 36:12 : 12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.
• Ps 140:10 : 10 Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.
• Prov 29:1 : 1 He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
• Isa 43:17 : 17 who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick):
• Jer 25:27 : 27 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
• Jer 51:64 : 64 and thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
• Hos 4:15 : 15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, As Jehovah liveth.
• Hos 8:5-6 : 5 He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? 6 For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
• Hos 10:5 : 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in terror for the calves of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced over it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
• Hos 13:2 : 2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
• Hos 13:16 : 16 Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
• Amos 5:2 : 2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
• Acts 18:25 : 25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John:
• Acts 19:9 : 9 But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
• Acts 19:23 : 23 And about that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.
• Acts 24:14 : 14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
• Deut 33:11 : 11 Bless, Jehovah, his substance, And accept the work of his hands: Smite through the loins of them that rise up against him, And of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
• Zeph 1:5 : 5 and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to Jehovah and swear by Malcam;