Amos 9:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are called by my name, saith Jehovah that doeth this.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֨עַן יִֽירְשׁ֜וּ אֶת־שְׁאֵרִ֤ית אֱדוֹם֙ וְכָל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־נִקְרָ֥א שְׁמִ֖י עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם נְאֻם־יְהוָ֖ה עֹ֥שֶׂה זֹּֽאת׃ פ

Transliteration

ləmaʿan yîrəšû ʾēt-šəʾērît ʾĕdôm wəkāl-haggôyim ʾăšer-niqrāʾ šəmî ʿălêhem nəʾum-YHWH ʿōśeh zōʾt

Grammar Details

*ləmaʿan*: conjunction - in order that
*yîrəšû*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will possess
*šəʾērît*: noun feminine singular construct - remnant of
*ʾĕdôm*: proper noun - Edom
*wəkāl*: waw conjunction + noun masculine singular construct - and all of
*haggôyim*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the nations
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - who/which
*niqrāʾ*: Niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - is called
*šəmî*: noun masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my name
*ʿălêhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - upon them
*nəʾum*: noun masculine singular construct - declaration of
*YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh
*ʿōśeh*: Qal participle masculine singular - doing
*zōʾt*: demonstrative pronoun feminine singular - this

Word Meanings

*ləmaʿan*: in order that/so that
*yîrəšû*: they will possess/inherit/take possession of
*šəʾērît*: remnant/remainder of
*haggôyim*: the nations/peoples/gentiles
*niqrāʾ*: is called/named
*šəmî*: my name/reputation
*nəʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle of
*ʿōśeh*: doing/making/performing
*zōʾt*: this/these

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Referenced Verses

Isa 43:7 : 7 every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made.
Isa 11:14 : 14 And they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines on the west; together shall they despoil the children of the east: they shall put forth their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
Isa 14:1-2 : 1 For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the sojourner shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. 2 And the peoples shall take them, and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and for handmaids: and they shall take them captive whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
Gen 27:29 : 29 Let peoples serve thee, And nations bow down to thee: Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee.
Gen 27:37 : 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with grain and new wine have I sustained him: and what then shall I do for thee, my son?
Num 24:17-18 : 17 I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh: There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of tumult. 18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, [who were] his enemies; While Israel doeth valiantly.
Ps 60:8 : 8 Moab is my washpot; Upon Edom will I cast my shoe: Philistia, shout thou because of me.
Isa 63:19 : 19 We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name.
Isa 65:1 : 1 I am inquired of by them that asked not [for me]; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
Jer 14:9 : 9 Why shouldest thou be as a man affrighted, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
Jer 15:16 : 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.
Dan 9:18-19 : 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercies' sake. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
Joel 3:8 : 8 and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the men of Sheba, to a nation far off: for Jehovah hath spoken it.
Obad 1:18-21 : 18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall burn among them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining to the house of Esau; for Jehovah hath spoken it. 19 And they of the South shall possess the mount of Esau, and they of the lowland the Philistines; and they shall possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria; and Benjamin [shall possess] Gilead. 20 And the captives of this host of the children of Israel, that are [among] the Canaanites, [shall possess] even unto Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, that are in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South. 21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah's.
Mal 1:4 : 4 Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.
Acts 15:17 : 17 That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,

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