Amos 1:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙ בְּרִ֣יחַ דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק וְהִכְרַתִּ֤י יוֹשֵׁב֙ מִבִּקְעַת־אָ֔וֶן וְתוֹמֵ֥ךְ שֵׁ֖בֶט מִבֵּ֣ית עֶ֑דֶן וְגָל֧וּ עַם־אֲרָ֛ם קִ֖ירָה אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-šābartî bərîaḥ dammeśeq and-hikrattî yôšēb from-biqʿat-ʾāwen and-tômēk šēbeṭ from-bêt ʿeden and-gālû ʿam-ʾărām qîrāh ʾāmar YHWH

Grammar Details

*šābartî*: perfect, 1st singular with waw consecutive - and I will break
*bərîaḥ*: masculine singular construct - bar/bolt of
*dammeśeq*: proper name - Damascus
*hikrattî*: perfect, 1st singular with waw consecutive - and I will cut off
*yôšēb*: participle, masculine singular - inhabitant/dweller
*biqʿat*: construct state, feminine singular - valley of
*ʾāwen*: masculine singular noun - wickedness/iniquity
*tômēk*: participle, masculine singular construct - holder of
*šēbeṭ*: masculine singular noun - scepter/rod/tribe
*bêt*: construct state, masculine singular - house of
*ʿeden*: proper name - Eden
*gālû*: perfect, 3rd plural with waw consecutive - and they will go into exile
*ʿam*: construct state, masculine singular - people of
*ʾărām*: proper name - Aram/Syria
*qîrāh*: proper name with directional he - to Kir
*ʾāmar*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said/has said

Word Meanings

*bərîaḥ*: bar/bolt/gate-bar
*biqʿat*-*ʾāwen*: Valley of Wickedness/Aven/Iniquity
*tômēk*: holder/wielder/one who holds
*šēbeṭ*: scepter/staff/rod/tribe
*bêt*-*ʿeden*: House of Eden/Beth-eden (place name)
*qîrāh*: to Kir (location)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 16:9 : 9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
Amos 9:7 : 7 Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith Jehovah. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
Jer 51:30 : 30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might hath failed; they are become as women: her dwelling-places are set on fire; her bars are broken.
Lam 2:9 : 9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; Yea, her prophets find no vision from Jehovah.
Isa 43:14 : 14 Thus saith Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.
Jer 50:36 : 36 A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.
Nah 3:13 : 13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire hath devoured thy bars.

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