Amos 1:12 Go deeper
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But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. (KJV)
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וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּיve.shi.Lach.tiand I will send forth
Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpq1cs)
Meaning: to send: depart
Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Amos 1:12 word 1
אֵ֖שׁ'esha fire
Lemma: אֵשׁ (esh) · Strong's: H0784
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: fire
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0784; TAHOT Amos 1:12 word 2
בְּתֵימָ֑ןbe.tei.Manon Teman
Lemma: תֵּימָן (te.man) · Strong's: H8487H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Teman
Used 6 times. Also: Jeremiah 49:7, Jeremiah 49:20, Ezekiel 25:13, Obadiah 1:9, Habakkuk 3:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8487H; TAHOT Amos 1:12 word 3
וְאָכְלָ֖הve.'a.khe.Lahand it will consume
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqq3fs)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Amos 1:12 word 4
אַרְמְנ֥וֹת'ar.me.Not[the] fortresses of
Lemma: אַרְמוֹן (ar.mon) · Strong's: H0759H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: citadel: fortress
Used 19 times. Also: Psalms 122:7, Proverbs 18:19, Isaiah 25:2, Isaiah 34:13, Jeremiah 6:5, Jeremiah 49:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0759H; TAHOT Amos 1:12 word 5
בָּצְרָֽה\׃\ \פbotz.rahBozrah
Lemma: בׇּצְרָה (bots.rah) · Strong's: H1224G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Bozrah
Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 36:33, 1 Chronicles 1:44, Isaiah 34:6, Isaiah 63:1, Jeremiah 49:13, Jeremiah 49:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1224G; TAHOT Amos 1:12 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So I will send | → | שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart |
| fire | → | אֵשׁ H0784 fire |
| upon Teman | → | תֵּימָן H8487H Teman |
| to consume | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| the citadels | → | אַרְמוֹן H0759H citadel: fortress |
| of Bozrah | → | בׇּצְרָה H1224G Bozrah |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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