Amos 5:23
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
זִמְרָה
zimrâh
a musical piece or song to be accompanied by an instrument
נֶבֶל
nebel
a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)
Key Terms in This Verse
נֶבֶל nebel
a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)
Study H5035 →זִמְרָה zimrâh
a musical piece or song to be accompanied by an instrument
Study H2172 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →Cross References
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an onl...
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