Amos 9:5
The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn—all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
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ASV
For the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, is he that toucheth the land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like the River, and shall sink again, like the River of Egypt;
KJV
And the Lord God of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
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16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַאדֹנָ֨י | va.do.Nai | and [the] Lord | H136 → |
| יְהוִ֜ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3069 → |
| הַצְּבָא֗וֹת | ha.tze.va.'ot | of <the> hosts | H6635 → |
| הַנּוֹגֵ֤עַ | ha.no.Ge.a' | who touches | H5060 → |
| בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ | ba.'A.retz | <in> the earth | H776 → |
| וַתָּמ֔וֹג | va.ta.Mog | and it melted | H4127 → |
| וְאָבְל֖וּ | ve.'a.ve.Lu | and they mourn | H56 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| י֣וֹשְׁבֵי | Yo.o.she.vei | [the] inhabitants | H3427 → |
| בָ֑הּ | Vah | in it | |
| וְעָלְתָ֤ה | ve.'al.Tah | and it rises | H5927 → |
| כַיְאֹר֙ | khay.'Or | like the River | H2975 → |
| כֻּלָּ֔הּ | ku.Lah | all of it | H3605 → |
| וְשָׁקְעָ֖ה | ve.sha.ke.'Ah | and it sinks | H8257 → |
| כִּיאֹ֥ר | ki.'Or | like [the] River | H2975 → |
| מִצְרָֽיִם | mitz.Ra.yim | of Egypt | H4714 → |
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