Amos
Amos 4:9
9“I struck you with blight and mildew
in your growing gardens and vineyards;
the locust devoured your fig and olive trees,
yet you did not return to Me,”
declares the LORD.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I struck | הִכֵּ֣יתִי | hik·kê·ṯî | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | H5221 smite |
| you with blight | בַּשִּׁדָּפ֣וֹן | baš·šid·dā·p̄ō·wn | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7711 blighted or blasted thing |
| and mildew | וּבַיֵּרָקוֹן֒ | ū·ḇay·yê·rā·qō·wn | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3420 mildew, paleness, lividnees |
| in your growing | הַרְבּ֨וֹת | har·bō·wṯ | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | H7235 be, or become, much, many, great |
| gardens | גַּנּוֹתֵיכֶ֧ם | gan·nō·w·ṯê·ḵem | Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1593 garden |
| and vineyards | וְכַרְמֵיכֶ֛ם | wə·ḵar·mê·ḵem | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H3754 vineyard |
| the locust | הַגָּזָ֑ם | hag·gā·zām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1501 locusts |
| devoured | יֹאכַ֣ל | yō·ḵal | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H398 eat |
| your fig | וּתְאֵנֵיכֶ֥ם | ū·ṯə·’ê·nê·ḵem | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H8384 fig |
| and olive trees | וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֖ם | wə·zê·ṯê·ḵem | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H2132 olive-tree, olive |
| yet you did not | וְלֹֽא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| return | שַׁבְתֶּ֥ם | šaḇ·tem | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural | H7725 turn back, return |
| to Me | עָדַ֖י | ‘ā·ḏay | Preposition; first person common singular | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| declares | נְאֻם־ | nə·’um- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5002 utterance |
| the LORD | יְהוָֽה׃ס | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Deuteronomy 28:22 · Haggai 2:17 · Joel 1:4 · Amos 4:6 · Amos 7:1–2
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.