Amos
Amos 7:1
1This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.a
Footnotes
- a 7:1 LXX A swarm of locusts coming from the east; and, behold, one grasshopper, king Gog.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This is what | כֹּ֤ה | kōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the Lord | אֲדֹנָ֣י | ’ă·ḏō·nāy | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H136 lord |
| GOD | יְהוִ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3069 Yahweh |
| showed me | הִרְאַ֙נִי֙ | hir·’a·nî | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular | H7200 see |
| He was preparing | יוֹצֵ֣ר | yō·w·ṣêr | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H3335 form, fashion |
| swarms of locusts | גֹּבַ֔י | gō·ḇay | Noun - masculine plural | H1462 locusts |
| just after | אַחַ֖ר | ’a·ḥar | Adverb | H310 behind |
| the king’s | הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| harvest | גִּזֵּ֥י | giz·zê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1488 shearing, mowing |
| as the late spring crop | עֲל֣וֹת | ‘ă·lō·wṯ | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| was coming up | בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת | biṯ·ḥil·laṯ | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H8462 beginning |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Joel 1:4 · Amos 8:1 · Nahum 3:15–17 · Amos 4:9 · Isaiah 33:4 · Joel 2:25
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.