Amos 7:8
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אֲנָךְ
ʼănâk
according to most a plumb-line, and to others a hook
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
אֲנָךְ
ʼănâk
according to most a plumb-line, and to others a hook
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Key Terms in This Verse
רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; ...
Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
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