Amos
Amos 3:10
10“For they know not how to do right,”
declares the LORD.
“They store up violence and destruction
in their citadels.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For they know | יָדְע֥וּ | yā·ḏə·‘ū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H3045 know |
| not | וְלֹֽא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| how to do | עֲשׂוֹת־ | ‘ă·śō·wṯ- | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H6213 do, make |
| right | נְכֹחָ֖ה | nə·ḵō·ḥāh | Noun - feminine singular | H5229 straightforwardness, integrity, truth |
| declares | נְאֻם־ | nə·’um- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5002 utterance |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֑ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| They store up | הָאֽוֹצְרִ֛ים | hā·’ō·wṣ·rîm | Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H686 lay up, store up |
| violence | חָמָ֥ס | ḥā·mās | Noun - masculine singular | H2555 violence, wrong |
| and destruction | וָשֹׁ֖ד | wā·šōḏ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H7701 violence, havoc, devastation, ruin |
| in their citadels | בְּאַרְמְנֽוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃פ | bə·’ar·mə·nō·w·ṯê·hem | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural | H759 citadel |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Zephaniah 1:9 · Jeremiah 4:22 · Psalm 14:4 · Zechariah 5:3–4
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.