Amos 1:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִצַּ֤תִּי אֵשׁ֙ בְּחוֹמַ֣ת רַבָּ֔ה וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ בִּתְרוּעָה֙ בְּי֣וֹם מִלְחָמָ֔ה בְּסַ֖עַר בְּי֥וֹם סוּפָֽה

Transliteration

And-hiṣṣattî ʾēš in-ḥômat rabbāh and-ʾāklāh ʾarmənôtêhā with-tərûʿāh in-yôm milḥāmāh with-saʿar in-yôm sûpāh

Grammar Details

*hiṣṣattî*: perfect, 1st singular, hiphil with waw consecutive - and I will kindle
*ʾēš*: feminine singular noun - fire
*ḥômat*: construct state, feminine singular - wall of
*rabbāh*: proper name - Rabbah
*ʾāklāh*: perfect, 3rd feminine singular with waw consecutive - and it will consume
*ʾarmənôtêhā*: masculine plural noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her palaces
*tərûʿāh*: feminine singular noun - shouting/battle cry
*yôm*: masculine singular construct - day of
*milḥāmāh*: feminine singular noun - battle/war
*saʿar*: masculine singular noun - tempest/storm
*sûpāh*: feminine singular noun - whirlwind/storm

Word Meanings

*hiṣṣattî*: I will kindle/set on fire/ignite
*ʾēš*: fire/judgment
*ḥômat*: wall/fortification
*ʾāklāh*: it will consume/devour
*ʾarmənôtêhā*: her palaces/fortresses/citadels
*tərûʿāh*: shouting/war cry/alarm
*saʿar*: tempest/storm/whirlwind
*sûpāh*: whirlwind/storm/tempest

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Referenced Verses

Deut 3:11 : 11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
Jer 49:2 : 2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
Amos 2:2 : 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
2 Sam 12:26 : 26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
Isa 30:30 : 30 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
Job 39:25 : 25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Ps 83:15 : 15 So persecute{H8799)} them with thy tempest, and make them afraid{H8762)} with thy storm.
Isa 9:5 : 5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
Zech 7:14 : 14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
Ezek 25:5 : 5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Dan 11:40 : 40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

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