Amos 9:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִם־יֵחָֽבְאוּ֙ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ הַכַּרְמֶ֔ל מִשָּׁ֥ם אֲחַפֵּ֖שׂ וּלְקַחְתִּ֑ים וְאִם־יִסָּ֨תְר֜וּ מִנֶּ֤גֶד עֵינַי֙ בְּקַרְקַ֣ע הַיָּ֔ם מִשָּׁ֛ם אֲצַוֶּ֥ה אֶת־הַנָּחָ֖שׁ וּנְשָׁכָֽם׃

Transliteration

wəʾim-yēḥābəʾû bərōʾš hakkarmel miššām ʾăḥappēś ûləqaḥtîm wəʾim-yissātərû minneged ʿênay bəqarqaʿ hayyām miššām ʾăṣawweh ʾēt-hannāḥāš ûnəšākām

Grammar Details

*wəʾim*: waw conjunction + conditional particle - and if
*yēḥābəʾû*: Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they hide themselves
*bərōʾš*: preposition + noun masculine construct - on top of
*hakkarmel*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the Carmel (mountain)
*miššām*: preposition + adverb - from there
*ʾăḥappēś*: Piel imperfect 1st person singular - I will search
*ûləqaḥtîm*: waw conjunction + Qal perfect 1st person singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and I will take them
*yissātərû*: Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they hide themselves
*minneged*: preposition - from before/from in front of
*ʿênay*: noun feminine dual construct + 1st person singular suffix - my eyes
*bəqarqaʿ*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - in the bottom/floor of
*hayyām*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the sea
*ʾăṣawweh*: Piel imperfect 1st person singular - I will command
*hannāḥāš*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the serpent
*ûnəšākām*: waw conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and it will bite them

Word Meanings

*yēḥābəʾû*: they hide themselves/conceal themselves
*bərōʾš*: on the top of/summit of
*hakkarmel*: the Carmel/the fruitful land
*ʾăḥappēś*: I will search/seek thoroughly
*ûləqaḥtîm*: and I will take/seize them
*yissātərû*: they hide themselves/conceal themselves
*minneged*: from before/from the sight of
*bəqarqaʿ*: in the bottom/floor/depths of
*ʾăṣawweh*: I will command/order
*hannāḥāš*: the serpent/snake/sea monster
*ûnəšākām*: and it will bite/sting them

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Referenced Verses

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.
Job 34:22 : 22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Isa 27:1 : 1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Ps 139:9-9 : 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Jer 23:23-24 : 23 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
Amos 1:2 : 2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

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