Amos 5:4-8 : 4 {
"verseID": "Amos.5.4",
"source": "כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר יְהוָ֖ה לְבֵ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל דִּרְשׁ֖וּנִי וִֽחְיֽוּ׃",
"text": "For thus *ʾāmar* *YHWH* *lə-bêt* *yiśrāʾēl*: *Dirshûnî* and-*ḥəyû*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾāmar*": "perfect, qal, 3rd masculine singular - he has said",
"*YHWH*": "divine name",
"*lə-bêt*": "preposition + construct form, masculine - to/for house of",
"*Dirshûnî*": "imperative, qal, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - seek me",
"*ḥəyû*": "imperative, qal, masculine plural - live"
},
"variants": {
"*Dirshu*": "seek/inquire/search for/require",
"*ḥəyû*": "live/be alive/survive"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Amos.5.5",
"source": "וְאַֽל־תִּדְרְשׁוּ֙ בֵּֽית־אֵ֔ל וְהַגִּלְגָּל֙ לֹ֣א תָבֹ֔אוּ וּבְאֵ֥ר שֶׁ֖בַע לֹ֣א תַעֲבֹ֑רוּ כִּ֤י הַגִּלְגָּל֙ גָּלֹ֣ה יִגְלֶ֔ה וּבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל יִהְיֶ֥ה לְאָֽוֶן׃",
"text": "And-not-*tidrəshû* *bêt-ʾēl*, and-*ha-gilgāl* not *tābōʾû*, and-*bəʾēr sheba* not *taʿăbōrû*, for *ha-gilgāl* *gālōh* *yigleh*, and-*bêt-ʾēl* *yihyeh* *lə-ʾāwen*",
"grammar": {
"*tidrəshû*": "imperfect, qal, 2nd masculine plural - you will seek",
"*bêt-ʾēl*": "compound noun - house of God (place name)",
"*ha-gilgāl*": "definite article + proper noun - the Gilgal (place name)",
"*tābōʾû*": "imperfect, qal, 2nd masculine plural - you will enter/come",
"*bəʾēr sheba*": "compound noun - well of seven/oath (place name)",
"*taʿăbōrû*": "imperfect, qal, 2nd masculine plural - you will cross over/pass through",
"*gālōh* *yigleh*": "infinitive absolute + imperfect, qal, 3rd masculine singular - surely will go into exile",
"*yihyeh*": "imperfect, qal, 3rd masculine singular - it will be/become",
"*lə-ʾāwen*": "preposition + noun, masculine - to/for iniquity/trouble/idol"
},
"variants": {
"*tidrəshû*": "seek/inquire/consult/resort to",
"*tābōʾû*": "enter/come/go",
"*taʿăbōrû*": "cross over/pass through/transgress",
"*gālōh* *yigleh*": "surely will go into exile/certainly will be removed",
"*ʾāwen*": "trouble/iniquity/wickedness/idol"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Amos.5.6",
"source": "דִּרְשׁ֥וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה וִֽחְי֑וּ פֶּן־יִצְלַ֤ח כָּאֵשׁ֙ בֵּ֣ית יוֹסֵ֔ף וְאָכְלָ֥ה וְאֵין־מְכַבֶּ֖ה לְבֵֽית־אֵֽל׃",
"text": "*Dirshû* *ʾet*-*YHWH* and-*ḥəyû*, lest-*yiṣlaḥ* like-*ʾēsh* *bêt* *yôsēph* and-*ʾākhlāh* and-*ʾên*-*məkhabbeh* *lə-bêt-ʾēl*",
"grammar": {
"*Dirshû*": "imperative, qal, masculine plural - seek",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*YHWH*": "divine name",
"*ḥəyû*": "imperative, qal, masculine plural - live",
"*yiṣlaḥ*": "imperfect, qal, 3rd masculine singular - he/it will rush/break out",
"*ʾēsh*": "noun, feminine singular - fire",
"*bêt*": "construct form, masculine - house of",
"*ʾākhlāh*": "perfect consecutive, qal, 3rd feminine singular - and it will devour",
"*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is not",
"*məkhabbeh*": "participle, piel, masculine singular - one extinguishing/quenching",
"*lə-bêt-ʾēl*": "preposition + compound noun - to/for Bethel"
},
"variants": {
"*Dirshû*": "seek/inquire/consult/resort to",
"*yiṣlaḥ*": "break out/rush forth/advance/prosper",
"*ʾākhlāh*": "devour/consume/eat",
"*məkhabbeh*": "extinguisher/quencher/one who puts out"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Amos.5.7",
"source": "הַהֹפְכִ֥ים לְלַעֲנָ֖ה מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה לָאָ֥רֶץ הִנִּֽיחוּ׃",
"text": "*Ha-hōphəkhîm* *lə-laʿănāh* *mishpāṭ* and-*ṣədāqāh* *lā-ʾāreṣ* *hinnîḥû*",
"grammar": {
"*Ha-hōphəkhîm*": "definite article + participle, qal, masculine plural - the ones turning",
"*lə-laʿănāh*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - to/for wormwood",
"*mishpāṭ*": "noun, masculine singular - justice/judgment",
"*ṣədāqāh*": "noun, feminine singular - righteousness",
"*lā-ʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - to the ground",
"*hinnîḥû*": "perfect, hiphil, 3rd masculine plural - they cast down"
},
"variants": {
"*hōphəkhîm*": "turning/overthrowing/changing/perverting",
"*laʿănāh*": "wormwood/bitterness/poison",
"*mishpāṭ*": "justice/judgment/legal decision/right",
"*ṣədāqāh*": "righteousness/justice/rightness",
"*hinnîḥû*": "cast down/set down/leave/abandon"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Amos.5.8",
"source": "עֹשֵׂ֨ה כִימָ֜ה וּכְסִ֗יל וְהֹפֵ֤ךְ לַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ צַלְמָ֔וֶת וְי֖וֹם לַ֣יְלָה הֶחְשִׁ֑יךְ הַקּוֹרֵ֣א לְמֵֽי־הַיָּ֗ם וַֽיִּשְׁפְּכֵ֛ם עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ יְהוָ֥ה שְׁמֽוֹ׃ ס",
"text": "*ʿōśēh* *khîmāh* and-*khəsîl* and-*hōphēkh* *la-bōqer* *ṣalmāwet*, and-*yôm* *laylāh* *heḥshîkh*; *ha-qôrēʾ* *lə-mê-ha-yām* and-*yishpəkhēm* upon-face-of *hā-ʾāreṣ*; *YHWH* *shəmô*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿōśēh*": "participle, qal, masculine singular - making/doing",
"*khîmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - Pleiades (star cluster)",
"*khəsîl*": "noun, masculine singular - Orion (constellation)",
"*hōphēkh*": "participle, qal, masculine singular - turning",
"*la-bōqer*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the morning",
"*ṣalmāwet*": "noun, masculine singular - deep darkness/shadow of death",
"*yôm*": "noun, masculine singular - day",
"*laylāh*": "noun, masculine singular - night",
"*heḥshîkh*": "perfect, hiphil, 3rd masculine singular - he darkens",
"*ha-qôrēʾ*": "definite article + participle, qal, masculine singular - the one calling",
"*lə-mê-ha-yām*": "preposition + construct plural + definite article + noun - to waters of the sea",
"*yishpəkhēm*": "imperfect consecutive, qal, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he pours them out",
"*hā-ʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth/land",
"*shəmô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name"
},
"variants": {
"*khîmāh*": "Pleiades/Seven Stars",
"*khəsîl*": "Orion/fool (constellation name)",
"*ṣalmāwet*": "deep darkness/shadow of death",
"*heḥshîkh*": "darkens/makes dark",
"*qôrēʾ*": "calling/summoning/inviting",
"*yishpəkhēm*": "pours them out/spills them"
}
}