Amos 3:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־יִתָּקַ֤ע שׁוֹפָר֙ בְּעִ֔יר וְעָ֖ם לֹ֣א יֶחֱרָ֑דוּ אִם־תִּהְיֶ֤ה רָעָה֙ בְּעִ֔יר וַיהוָ֖ה לֹ֥א עָשָֽׂה׃

Transliteration

ʾIm-yittāqaʿ šôpār bə-ʿîr wə-ʿām lōʾ yeḥĕrādû? ʾIm-tihyeh rāʿâ bə-ʿîr wa-YHWH lōʾ ʿāśâ?

Grammar Details

*ʾIm*: conditional particle - if
*yittāqaʿ*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is blown
*šôpār*: noun, masculine singular - trumpet/ram's horn
*bə-ʿîr*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - in a city
*wə-ʿām*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and people
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yeḥĕrādû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will tremble
*tihyeh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - there will be
*rāʿâ*: noun, feminine singular - evil/calamity/disaster
*wa-YHWH*: conjunction + divine name
*ʿāśâ*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has done

Word Meanings

*yittāqaʿ*: blown/sounded/trumpeted
*šôpār*: trumpet/ram's horn/signal horn
*ʿîr*: city/town
*ʿām*: people/nation/populace
*yeḥĕrādû*: tremble/be afraid/be terrified
*tihyeh*: will be/happen/occur
*rāʿâ*: evil/disaster/calamity/misfortune
*ʿāśâ*: done/made/caused/brought about

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Isa 14:24-27 : 24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: 25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. 27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Zeph 1:16 : 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
Gen 50:20 : 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Jer 4:5 : 5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
Jer 6:1 : 1 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
Hos 5:8 : 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
Jer 10:7 : 7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
Ezek 33:3 : 3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
Jer 5:22 : 22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Acts 2:23 : 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Acts 4:28 : 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
2 Cor 5:11 : 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

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