Amos 1:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָלַ֥ךְ מַלְכָּ֖ם בַּגּוֹלָ֑ה ה֧וּא וְשָׂרָ֛יו יַחְדָּ֖ו אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-hālak malkām in-haggôlāh he and-śārāyw yaḥdāw ʾāmar YHWH

Grammar Details

*hālak*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he will go
*malkām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their king
*haggôlāh*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the exile
*śārāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his princes/officials
*yaḥdāw*: adverb - together
*ʾāmar*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said/has said
*YHWH*: proper name - LORD/Yahweh

Word Meanings

*malkām*: their king/Milcom (Ammonite deity)
*haggôlāh*: the exile/captivity
*śārāyw*: his princes/officials/nobles
*yaḥdāw*: together/at the same time

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Referenced Verses

Jer 49:3 : 3 Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run to and fro among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

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Jer 49:3
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3Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run to and fro among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
Amos 1:14
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14But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
Jer 1:15
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15For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith Jehovah; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
Jer 34:21-22
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21And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, that are gone away from you.
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Amos 2:3
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Jer 29:16
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Ezek 17:11-12
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11Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
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Jer 15:2
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2And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.
Jer 21:10-11
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10For I have set my face upon this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
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Isa 31:9
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1 Chr 6:15
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2 Kgs 22:16
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Jer 32:5
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Lam 2:9
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Amos 9:4
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Jer 50:33
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Jer 38:3
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Jer 6:12
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Jer 48:7
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Ezek 7:27
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Jer 28:4
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Jer 29:22
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Ezek 12:11
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Jer 30:21
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Jer 29:20
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2 Chr 29:8-9
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Amos 7:17
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