Amos 3:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י בֵית־הַחֹ֖רֶף עַל־בֵּ֣ית הַקָּ֑יִץ וְאָבְד֞וּ בָּתֵּ֣י הַשֵּׁ֗ן וְסָפ֛וּ בָּתִּ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

Wə-hikkêtî bêt-ha-ḥōrep ʿal-bêt ha-qāyiṣ wə-ʾābədû bāttê ha-šēn wə-sāpû bāttîm rabbîm nəʾum-YHWH

Grammar Details

*Wə-hikkêtî*: conjunction + Hiphil perfect, 1st singular - and I will strike
*bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
*ha-ḥōrep*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the winter
*ʿal*: preposition - with/upon
*ha-qāyiṣ*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the summer
*wə-ʾābədû*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - and they will perish
*bāttê*: noun, masculine plural construct - houses of
*ha-šēn*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the ivory
*wə-sāpû*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - and they will come to an end
*bāttîm*: noun, masculine plural - houses
*rabbîm*: adjective, masculine plural - many/great
*nəʾum*: construct - declaration of
*YHWH*: divine name

Word Meanings

*hikkêtî*: strike/smite/destroy
*bêt*: house/dwelling/palace
*ḥōrep*: winter/rainy season
*qāyiṣ*: summer/dry season/harvest
*ʾābədû*: perish/be destroyed/be lost
*šēn*: ivory/tooth
*sāpû*: come to an end/cease/perish
*rabbîm*: many/great/numerous
*nəʾum*: declaration/oracle/utterance

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Referenced Verses

Judg 3:20 : 20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
1 Kgs 22:39 : 39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Jer 36:22 : 22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
Amos 6:11 : 11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Isa 5:9 : 9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
Amos 3:11 : 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
Ps 45:8 : 8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad{H8765)}.

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