Amos 4:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נִשְׁבַּ֨ע אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ בְּקָדְשׁ֔וֹ כִּ֛י הִנֵּ֥ה יָמִ֖ים בָּאִ֣ים עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וְנִשָּׂ֤א אֶתְכֶם֙ בְּצִנּ֔וֹת וְאַחֲרִיתְכֶ֖ן בְּסִיר֥וֹת דּוּגָֽה׃

Transliteration

Nišbaʿ ʾAdōnāy YHWH in qodšô that hinnēh yāmîm bāʾîm upon you, wǝ-nissāʾ ʾetkem in ṣinnôt and ʾaḥărîtken in sîrôt dûgāh

Grammar Details

*Nišbaʿ*: perfect, 3rd person masculine singular, niphal - has sworn
*ʾAdōnāy*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person suffix - my Lord
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*qodšô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his holiness
*hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold/look
*yāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - days
*bāʾîm*: participle, masculine plural - coming
*wǝ-nissāʾ*: conjunction + perfect, 3rd person masculine singular, niphal - and he will lift up
*ʾetkem*: direct object marker with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you
*ṣinnôt*: noun, feminine plural - hooks/barbs
*ʾaḥărîtken*: noun, feminine singular with 2nd person feminine plural suffix - your posterity/remnant
*sîrôt*: noun, feminine plural - pots/baskets
*dûgāh*: noun, feminine singular - fishing/fishery

Word Meanings

*ṣinnôt*: hooks/barbs/thorns
*sîrôt*: pots/baskets/vessels
*dûgāh*: fishing/fishery [could refer to fishing hooks or equipment]
*ʾaḥărîtken*: your remnant/posterity/last part [feminine plural form suggesting continued address to the women]

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Referenced Verses

Ps 89:35 : 35 Once have I sworn{H8738)} by my holiness that I will not lie{H8762)} unto David.
Jer 16:16 : 16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
Amos 6:8 : 8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
Hab 1:15-16 : 15 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
Isa 37:29 : 29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Ezek 39:4-5 : 4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. 5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

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