Amos 7:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֤עַן עָמוֹס֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־אֲמַצְיָ֔ה לֹא־נָבִ֣יא אָנֹ֔כִי וְלֹ֥א בֶן־נָבִ֖יא אָנֹ֑כִי כִּֽי־בוֹקֵ֥ר אָנֹ֖כִי וּבוֹלֵ֥ס שִׁקְמִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-yaʿan ʿāmôs and-yōʾmer ʾel-ʾămaṣyāh lōʾ-nābîʾ ʾānōkî and-lōʾ ben-nābîʾ ʾānōkî for-bôqēr ʾānōkî and-bôlēs šiqmîm.

Grammar Details

*yaʿan*: qal imperfect, 3rd masc. singular with consecutive waw - and he answered
*ʿāmôs*: proper noun - Amos
*yōʾmer*: qal imperfect, 3rd masc. singular with consecutive waw - and he said
*ʾel*: preposition - to
*ʾămaṣyāh*: proper noun - Amaziah
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*nābîʾ*: noun, masc. singular - prophet
*ʾānōkî*: 1st singular pronoun - I
*ben*: noun, masc. singular construct - son of
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*bôqēr*: qal participle, masc. singular - herdsman/shepherd
*bôlēs*: qal participle, masc. singular - gatherer/tender
*šiqmîm*: noun, masc. plural - sycamore figs

Word Meanings

*nābîʾ*: prophet/seer
*bôqēr*: herdsman/shepherd/cattle-breeder
*bôlēs*: gatherer/tender/dresser

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Referenced Verses

Amos 1:1 : 1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
2 Kgs 2:5 : 5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
2 Kgs 4:38 : 38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
2 Chr 19:2 : 2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
1 Kgs 20:35 : 35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
2 Kgs 2:3 : 3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
Zech 13:5 : 5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
1 Cor 1:27 : 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
2 Kgs 2:7 : 7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
2 Chr 20:34 : 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
2 Kgs 6:1 : 1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
2 Chr 16:7 : 7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.

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