Amos 3:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲתִפֹּ֤ל צִפּוֹר֙ עַל־פַּ֣ח הָאָ֔רֶץ וּמוֹקֵ֖שׁ אֵ֣ין לָ֑הּ הֲיַֽעֲלֶה־פַּח֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה וְלָכ֖וֹד לֹ֥א יִלְכּֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

Hătippōl ṣippôr ʿal-paḥ hā-ʾāreṣ û-môqēš ʾên lāh? Hăyaʿăleh-paḥ min-hā-ʾădāmâ wə-lākôd lōʾ yilkôd?

Grammar Details

*Hătippōl*: interrogative ה + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will it fall?
*ṣippôr*: noun, feminine singular - bird
*ʿal*: preposition - upon
*paḥ*: noun, masculine singular - trap/snare
*hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth/ground
*û-môqēš*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and snare/trap
*ʾên*: negative particle - there is not
*lāh*: preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - to it/for it
*Hăyaʿăleh*: interrogative ה + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will it come up?
*min*: preposition - from
*hā-ʾădāmâ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the ground/earth
*wə-lākôd*: conjunction + Qal infinitive absolute - and catching
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yilkôd*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will catch

Word Meanings

*tippōl*: fall/descend/drop
*ṣippôr*: bird/sparrow
*paḥ*: trap/snare/net
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/ground/land
*môqēš*: snare/trap/bait
*yaʿăleh*: come up/rise/spring up
*ʾădāmâ*: ground/soil/earth/land
*lākôd*: catching/seizing/capturing
*yilkôd*: catch/capture/seize

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Referenced Verses

Eccl 9:12 : 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Jer 31:28 : 28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
Dan 9:14 : 14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.

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