Amos 8:7
{ "verseID": "Amos.8.7", "source": "נִשְׁבַּ֥ע יְהוָ֖ה בִּגְא֣וֹן יַעֲקֹ֑ב אִם־אֶשְׁכַּ֥ח לָנֶ֖צַח כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם׃", "text": "*nišbaʿ* *YHWH* by *bigʾôn* *yaʿăqōb* if *ʾeškkaḥ* to *lāneṣaḥ* all *maʿăśêhem*", "grammar": { "*nišbaʿ*": "niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has sworn/taken oath", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*bigʾôn*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - by the pride/majesty of", "*yaʿăqōb*": "proper noun - Jacob", "*ʾim*": "conditional particle - if (in oaths functions as negative)", "*ʾeškkaḥ*": "qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will forget", "*lāneṣaḥ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - forever", "*kol*": "noun, masculine singular construct - all of", "*maʿăśêhem*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their deeds" }, "variants": { "*nišbaʿ*": "has sworn/has taken an oath", "*bigʾôn*": "by the pride/by the excellency/by the majesty", "*ʾim*": "if (in oaths functions as emphatically negative - 'surely not')", "*ʾeškkaḥ*": "I will forget/I will overlook", "*lāneṣaḥ*": "forever/eternally/perpetually", "*maʿăśêhem*": "their deeds/their works/their actions" } }