Amos 8:14
{ "verseID": "Amos.8.14", "source": "הַנִּשְׁבָּעִים֙ בְּאַשְׁמַ֣ת שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן וְאָמְר֗וּ חֵ֤י אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ דָּ֔ן וְחֵ֖י דֶּ֣רֶךְ בְּאֵֽר־שָׁ֑בַע וְנָפְל֖וּ וְלֹא־יָק֥וּמוּ עֽוֹד׃", "text": "The ones *hannišbāʿîm* by *ʾašmat* *šōmərôn* and *wəʾāmrû* alive *ḥê* your *ʾĕlōheḵā* *dān* and alive *ḥê* way *dereḵ* *bəʾêr* *šābaʿ* and *wənāp̄lû* and not *yāqûmû* again", "grammar": { "*hannišbāʿîm*": "definite article + niphal participle, masculine plural - the ones swearing", "*bəʾašmat*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - by the guilt/sin of", "*šōmərôn*": "proper noun - Samaria", "*wəʾāmrû*": "qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd plural - and they say", "*ḥê*": "adjective, masculine singular construct - living/life of", "*ʾĕlōheḵā*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your god", "*dān*": "proper noun - Dan", "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*dereḵ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - way of", "*bəʾêr šābaʿ*": "proper noun - Beersheba", "*wənāp̄lû*": "qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd plural - and they will fall", "*wəlōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*yāqûmû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they will rise", "*ʿôd*": "adverb - again/still" }, "variants": { "*hannišbāʿîm*": "the ones swearing/those who swear/those taking oaths", "*ʾašmat*": "guilt/sin/trespass", "*šōmərôn*": "Samaria", "*ḥê*": "living/life/as surely as lives", "*ʾĕlōheḵā*": "your god/your deity", "*dereḵ*": "way/road/journey", "*bəʾêr šābaʿ*": "Beersheba (lit. well of oath/seven)", "*nāp̄lû*": "they will fall/they will collapse", "*yāqûmû*": "they will rise/they will stand up", "*ʿôd*": "again/still/yet/anymore" } }