Amos 7:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֹמַ֗ר אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ חֲדַל־נָ֔א מִ֥י יָק֖וּם יַעֲקֹ֑ב כִּ֥י קָטֹ֖ן הֽוּא׃

Transliteration

And-ʾōmar ʾădōnāy YHWH ḥădal-nāʾ who yāqûm yaʿăqōb for qāṭōn hûʾ.

Grammar Details

*ʾōmar*: qal imperfect, 1st singular with consecutive waw - and I said
*ʾădōnāy*: noun, masc. singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my Lord
*YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
*ḥădal*: qal imperative, masc. singular - cease/desist
*nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please
*mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
*yāqûm*: qal imperfect, 3rd masc. singular - will stand/arise
*yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*qāṭōn*: adjective, masc. singular - small/insignificant
*hûʾ*: 3rd masc. singular pronoun - he/it

Word Meanings

*ḥădal*: cease/desist/stop/forbear
*yāqûm*: stand/arise/endure
*qāṭōn*: small/insignificant/young

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Referenced Verses

Ps 85:4 : 4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
Isa 1:9 : 9 Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Isa 10:25 : 25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation [against thee] shall be accomplished, and mine anger [shall be directed] to his destruction.
Jer 30:19 : 19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
Joel 2:17 : 17 Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Jehovah, and give not thy heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
Amos 7:2-3 : 2 And it came to pass that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small. 3 Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.

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