Amos 8:11
{ "verseID": "Amos.8.11", "source": "הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ יָמִ֣ים בָּאִ֗ים נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וְהִשְׁלַחְתִּ֥י רָעָ֖ב בָּאָ֑רֶץ לֹֽא־רָעָ֤ב לַלֶּ֙חֶם֙ וְלֹֽא־צָמָ֣א לַמַּ֔יִם כִּ֣י אִם־לִשְׁמֹ֔עַ אֵ֖ת דִּבְרֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "*hinnēh* days *bāʾîm* *nəʾum* *ʾădōnāy* *YHWH* and *wəhišlaḥtî* *rāʿāb* in the *ʾāreṣ* not *rāʿāb* for the *leḥem* and not *ṣāmāʾ* for the *mayim* but if to *lišmōaʿ* *ʾēt* words of *YHWH*", "grammar": { "*hinnēh*": "interjection - behold/look", "*yāmîm*": "noun, masculine plural - days", "*bāʾîm*": "qal participle, masculine plural - coming", "*nəʾum*": "noun, masculine singular construct - declaration/utterance of", "*ʾădōnāy*": "noun, masculine singular - Lord/master", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*wəhišlaḥtî*": "hiphil perfect with waw consecutive, 1st singular - and I will send", "*rāʿāb*": "noun, masculine singular - famine/hunger", "*bāʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the land", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*laleḥem*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - for the bread", "*wəlōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*ṣāmāʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - thirst", "*lammayim*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - for the water", "*kî ʾim*": "conjunction + conditional particle - but/except", "*lišmōaʿ*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to hear", "*ʾēt*": "direct object marker", "*dibrê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - words of", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name" }, "variants": { "*hinnēh*": "behold/look/see", "*bāʾîm*": "coming/arriving/approaching", "*nəʾum*": "declaration/utterance/oracle", "*wəhišlaḥtî*": "I will send/I will let loose", "*rāʿāb*": "famine/hunger", "*ʾāreṣ*": "land/earth/ground/country", "*leḥem*": "bread/food", "*ṣāmāʾ*": "thirst", "*mayim*": "water", "*lišmōaʿ*": "to hear/to listen to/to obey", "*dibrê*": "words/sayings/speech of" } }