Amos 2:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָבַ֤ד מָנוֹס֙ מִקָּ֔ל וְחָזָ֖ק לֹא־יְאַמֵּ֣ץ כֹּח֑וֹ וְגִבּ֖וֹר לֹא־יְמַלֵּ֥ט נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾābad mānôs miqqāl wə-ḥāzāq lōʾ-yəʾammēṣ kōḥô wə-gibbôr lōʾ-yəmallēṭ napšô

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾābad*: conjunction + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and shall perish
*mānôs*: masculine singular - flight/refuge
*miqqāl*: preposition + definite article + adjective masculine singular - from the swift
*wə-ḥāzāq*: conjunction + adjective masculine singular - and strong
*lōʾ-yəʾammēṣ*: negative particle + piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - shall not strengthen
*kōḥô*: masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his strength
*wə-gibbôr*: conjunction + masculine singular - and mighty man
*lōʾ-yəmallēṭ*: negative particle + piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - shall not deliver
*napšô*: feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his soul/life

Word Meanings

*ʾābad*: shall perish/shall be lost/shall vanish
*mānôs*: flight/refuge/escape
*qāl*: swift/quick/fleet
*ḥāzāq*: strong/mighty/powerful
*yəʾammēṣ*: shall strengthen/shall make firm
*kōaḥ*: strength/power/might
*gibbôr*: mighty man/warrior/hero
*yəmallēṭ*: shall deliver/shall rescue/shall save
*nepeš*: soul/life/self

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Referenced Verses

Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
Amos 9:1-3 : 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
Ps 33:16 : 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Eccl 9:11 : 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Isa 30:16-17 : 16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. 17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

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