Amos 1:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙ בְּרִ֣יחַ דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק וְהִכְרַתִּ֤י יוֹשֵׁב֙ מִבִּקְעַת־אָ֔וֶן וְתוֹמֵ֥ךְ שֵׁ֖בֶט מִבֵּ֣ית עֶ֑דֶן וְגָל֧וּ עַם־אֲרָ֛ם קִ֖ירָה אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-šābartî bərîaḥ dammeśeq and-hikrattî yôšēb from-biqʿat-ʾāwen and-tômēk šēbeṭ from-bêt ʿeden and-gālû ʿam-ʾărām qîrāh ʾāmar YHWH

Grammar Details

*šābartî*: perfect, 1st singular with waw consecutive - and I will break
*bərîaḥ*: masculine singular construct - bar/bolt of
*dammeśeq*: proper name - Damascus
*hikrattî*: perfect, 1st singular with waw consecutive - and I will cut off
*yôšēb*: participle, masculine singular - inhabitant/dweller
*biqʿat*: construct state, feminine singular - valley of
*ʾāwen*: masculine singular noun - wickedness/iniquity
*tômēk*: participle, masculine singular construct - holder of
*šēbeṭ*: masculine singular noun - scepter/rod/tribe
*bêt*: construct state, masculine singular - house of
*ʿeden*: proper name - Eden
*gālû*: perfect, 3rd plural with waw consecutive - and they will go into exile
*ʿam*: construct state, masculine singular - people of
*ʾărām*: proper name - Aram/Syria
*qîrāh*: proper name with directional he - to Kir
*ʾāmar*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said/has said

Word Meanings

*bərîaḥ*: bar/bolt/gate-bar
*biqʿat*-*ʾāwen*: Valley of Wickedness/Aven/Iniquity
*tômēk*: holder/wielder/one who holds
*šēbeṭ*: scepter/staff/rod/tribe
*bêt*-*ʿeden*: House of Eden/Beth-eden (place name)
*qîrāh*: to Kir (location)

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 16:9 : 9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
Amos 9:7 : 7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
Jer 51:30 : 30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
Lam 2:9 : 9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.
Isa 43:14 : 14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
Jer 50:36 : 36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
Nah 3:13 : 13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.

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