Amos 9:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֨עַן יִֽירְשׁ֜וּ אֶת־שְׁאֵרִ֤ית אֱדוֹם֙ וְכָל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־נִקְרָ֥א שְׁמִ֖י עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם נְאֻם־יְהוָ֖ה עֹ֥שֶׂה זֹּֽאת׃ פ

Transliteration

ləmaʿan yîrəšû ʾēt-šəʾērît ʾĕdôm wəkāl-haggôyim ʾăšer-niqrāʾ šəmî ʿălêhem nəʾum-YHWH ʿōśeh zōʾt

Grammar Details

• *ləmaʿan*: conjunction - in order that
• *yîrəšû*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will possess
• *šəʾērît*: noun feminine singular construct - remnant of
• *ʾĕdôm*: proper noun - Edom
• *wəkāl*: waw conjunction + noun masculine singular construct - and all of
• *haggôyim*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the nations
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - who/which
• *niqrāʾ*: Niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - is called
• *šəmî*: noun masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my name
• *ʿălêhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - upon them
• *nəʾum*: noun masculine singular construct - declaration of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh
• *ʿōśeh*: Qal participle masculine singular - doing
• *zōʾt*: demonstrative pronoun feminine singular - this

Word Meanings

• *ləmaʿan*: in order that/so that
• *yîrəšû*: they will possess/inherit/take possession of
• *šəʾērît*: remnant/remainder of
• *haggôyim*: the nations/peoples/gentiles
• *niqrāʾ*: is called/named
• *šəmî*: my name/reputation
• *nəʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle of
• *ʿōśeh*: doing/making/performing
• *zōʾt*: this/these

Referenced Verses

• Isa 43:7 : 7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
• Isa 11:14 : 14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
• Isa 14:1-2 : 1 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. 2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
• Gen 27:29 : 29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
• Gen 27:37 : 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
• Num 24:17-18 : 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. 18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
• Ps 60:8 : 8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out{H8686)} my shoe: Philistia, triumph{H8708)} thou because of me.
• Isa 63:19 : 19 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
• Isa 65:1 : 1 I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
• Jer 14:9 : 9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
• Jer 15:16 : 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
• Dan 9:18-19 : 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
• Joel 3:8 : 8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
• Obad 1:18-21 : 18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. 19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. 20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. 21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.
• Mal 1:4 : 4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
• Acts 15:17 : 17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.