Amos 5:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּנְשָׂאתֶ֗ם אֵ֚ת סִכּ֣וּת מַלְכְּכֶ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת כִּיּ֣וּן צַלְמֵיכֶ֑ם כּוֹכַב֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר עֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם לָכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-nəśāʾtem ʾēt sikkût malkəkhem and-ʾēt kiyyûn ṣalmêkhem, kôkhab ʾĕlōhêkhem ʾăsher ʿăśîtem for-yourselves

Grammar Details

*nəśāʾtem*: perfect, qal, 2nd masculine plural - you carried/lifted
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*sikkût*: proper noun - Sikkuth (deity name)
*malkəkhem*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your king
*kiyyûn*: proper noun - Kiyyun (deity name)
*ṣalmêkhem*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your images
*kôkhab*: noun, masculine singular construct - star of
*ʾĕlōhêkhem*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your gods
*ʾăsher*: relative pronoun - which/that
*ʿăśîtem*: perfect, qal, 2nd masculine plural - you made

Word Meanings

*nəśāʾtem*: you carried/lifted/bore
*sikkût*: Sikkuth (deity name)/booth/shrine
*malkəkhem*: your king/your Molech (deity)
*kiyyûn*: Kiyyun (deity name)/pedestal
*ṣalmêkhem*: your images/your idols
*kôkhab*: star/celestial body

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 11:33 : 33 because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and mine ordinances, as did David his father.
2 Kgs 23:12-13 : 12 And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, did the king break down, and beat [them] down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. 13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
Lev 18:21 : 21 And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through [the fire] to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
Lev 20:2-5 : 2 Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 I also will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. 4 And if the people at the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death; 5 then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that play the harlot after him, to play the harlot with Molech, from among their people.

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