Amos 8:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּיּ֨וֹם הַה֜וּא תִּ֠תְעַלַּפְנָה הַבְּתוּלֹ֧ת הַיָּפ֛וֹת וְהַבַּחוּרִ֖ים בַּצָּמָֽא׃

Transliteration

In the day the that titʿallap̄nâ the bətûlōt the yāp̄ôt and the baḥûrîm with the ṣāmāʾ

Grammar Details

*bayyôm*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the day
*hahûʾ*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun - that
*titʿallap̄nâ*: hithpael imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - they will faint
*habbətûlōt*: definite article + noun, feminine plural - the virgins
*hayyāp̄ôt*: definite article + adjective, feminine plural - the beautiful/fair
*wə-*: conjunction - and
*habbaḥûrîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the young men
*baṣṣāmāʾ*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - with/from the thirst

Word Meanings

*titʿallap̄nâ*: they will faint/they will swoon/they will be overwhelmed
*bətûlōt*: virgins/maidens/young women
*yāp̄ôt*: beautiful/fair/lovely
*baḥûrîm*: young men/choice young men/youths
*ṣāmāʾ*: thirst/drought

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Referenced Verses

Hos 2:3 : 3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
Lam 1:18 : 18 The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
Lam 2:21 : 21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
Lam 2:10 : 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
Zech 9:17 : 17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
Deut 32:25 : 25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
Ps 63:1 : 1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek{H8762)} thee: my soul thirsteth{H8804)} for thee, my flesh longeth{H8804)} for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Ps 144:12-15 : 12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: 13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. 15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
Isa 40:30 : 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Isa 41:17-20 : 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. 18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: 20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
Jer 48:18 : 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.

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