Amos 8:12
{ "verseID": "Amos.8.12", "source": "וְנָעוּ֙ מִיָּ֣ם עַד־יָ֔ם וּמִצָּפ֖וֹן וְעַד־מִזְרָ֑ח יְשֽׁוֹטְט֛וּ לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ אֶת־דְּבַר־יְהוָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א יִמְצָֽאוּ׃", "text": "And *wənāʿû* from *yām* to *yām* and from *ṣāpôn* and to *mizrāḥ* *yəšôṭəṭû* to *ləbaqqēš* *ʾet* word of *YHWH* and not *yimṣāʾû*", "grammar": { "*wənāʿû*": "qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd plural - and they will wander/stagger", "*miyyām*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from sea", "*ʿad*": "preposition - to/until", "*yām*": "noun, masculine singular - sea", "*ûmiṣṣāpôn*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular - and from north", "*wəʿad*": "conjunction + preposition - and to/until", "*mizrāḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - east", "*yəšôṭəṭû*": "polel imperfect, 3rd plural - they will roam about/go to and fro", "*ləbaqqēš*": "preposition + piel infinitive construct - to seek", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*dəbar*": "noun, masculine singular construct - word of", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*wəlōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*yimṣāʾû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they will find" }, "variants": { "*nāʿû*": "they will wander/they will stagger/they will totter", "*yām*": "sea/ocean/west", "*ṣāpôn*": "north", "*mizrāḥ*": "east/sunrise", "*yəšôṭəṭû*": "they will roam about/they will go to and fro/they will run back and forth", "*ləbaqqēš*": "to seek/to search for", "*dəbar*": "word/saying/matter", "*yimṣāʾû*": "they will find/they will discover" } }