Amos 2:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָבַ֤ד מָנוֹס֙ מִקָּ֔ל וְחָזָ֖ק לֹא־יְאַמֵּ֣ץ כֹּח֑וֹ וְגִבּ֖וֹר לֹא־יְמַלֵּ֥ט נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾābad mānôs miqqāl wə-ḥāzāq lōʾ-yəʾammēṣ kōḥô wə-gibbôr lōʾ-yəmallēṭ napšô

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾābad*: conjunction + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and shall perish
*mānôs*: masculine singular - flight/refuge
*miqqāl*: preposition + definite article + adjective masculine singular - from the swift
*wə-ḥāzāq*: conjunction + adjective masculine singular - and strong
*lōʾ-yəʾammēṣ*: negative particle + piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - shall not strengthen
*kōḥô*: masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his strength
*wə-gibbôr*: conjunction + masculine singular - and mighty man
*lōʾ-yəmallēṭ*: negative particle + piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - shall not deliver
*napšô*: feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his soul/life

Word Meanings

*ʾābad*: shall perish/shall be lost/shall vanish
*mānôs*: flight/refuge/escape
*qāl*: swift/quick/fleet
*ḥāzāq*: strong/mighty/powerful
*yəʾammēṣ*: shall strengthen/shall make firm
*kōaḥ*: strength/power/might
*gibbôr*: mighty man/warrior/hero
*yəmallēṭ*: shall deliver/shall rescue/shall save
*nepeš*: soul/life/self

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
Amos 9:1-3 : 1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape. 2 Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
Ps 33:16 : 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
Eccl 9:11 : 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Isa 30:16-17 : 16 but ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. 17 One thousand [shall flee] at the threat of one; at the threat of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.
Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.

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