Amos 9:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּ֨ה יָמִ֤ים בָּאִים֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְנִגַּ֤שׁ חוֹרֵשׁ֙ בַּקֹּצֵ֔ר וְדֹרֵ֥ךְ עֲנָבִ֖ים בְּמֹשֵׁ֣ךְ הַזָּ֑רַע וְהִטִּ֤יפוּ הֶֽהָרִים֙ עָסִ֔יס וְכָל־הַגְּבָע֖וֹת תִּתְמוֹגַֽגְנָה׃

Transliteration

hinnēh yāmîm bāʾîm nəʾum-YHWH wəniggaš ḥôrēš baqqōṣēr wədōrēk ʿănābîm bəmōšēk hazzāraʿ wəhiṭṭîpû hehārîm ʿāsîs wəkāl-haggəbāʿôt titmôgagnāh

Grammar Details

*hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold
*yāmîm*: noun masculine plural - days
*bāʾîm*: Qal participle masculine plural - coming
*nəʾum*: noun masculine singular construct - declaration of
*YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh
*wəniggaš*: waw conjunction + Niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and will draw near
*ḥôrēš*: Qal participle masculine singular - plowman
*baqqōṣēr*: preposition + definite article + Qal participle masculine singular - to the reaper
*wədōrēk*: waw conjunction + Qal participle masculine singular - and treader of
*ʿănābîm*: noun masculine plural - grapes
*bəmōšēk*: preposition + Qal participle masculine singular - to the one drawing out
*hazzāraʿ*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the seed
*wəhiṭṭîpû*: waw conjunction + Hiphil perfect 3rd common plural - and they will drip
*hehārîm*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the mountains
*ʿāsîs*: noun masculine singular - sweet wine/new wine
*wəkāl*: waw conjunction + noun masculine singular construct - and all of
*haggəbāʿôt*: definite article + noun feminine plural - the hills
*titmôgagnāh*: Hithpael imperfect 3rd feminine plural - they will flow/dissolve themselves

Word Meanings

*hinnēh*: behold/look/see
*yāmîm*: days/times
*bāʾîm*: coming/approaching
*nəʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle of
*wəniggaš*: and will draw near/approach/meet
*ḥôrēš*: plowman/one who plows
*baqqōṣēr*: to the reaper/harvester
*wədōrēk*: and treader/presser of
*ʿănābîm*: grapes/vine clusters
*bəmōšēk*: to the one drawing out/extending
*hazzāraʿ*: the seed/sowing
*wəhiṭṭîpû*: and they will drip/drop down
*hehārîm*: the mountains/hills
*ʿāsîs*: sweet wine/new wine/juice
*haggəbāʿôt*: the hills/heights
*titmôgagnāh*: they will flow/dissolve/melt themselves

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Lev 26:5 : 5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
Joel 3:18 : 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
John 4:35 : 35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
Joel 3:20 : 20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
Amos 9:5 : 5 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
Judg 5:5 : 5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
Ps 97:5 : 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Isa 35:1-2 : 1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Isa 55:13 : 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Ezek 36:35 : 35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
Hos 2:21-23 : 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; 22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. 23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

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