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But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: (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 1:7 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 1:7 word 2
בְּחוֹמַ֣תbe.cho.Maton [the] wall of
Lemma: חוֹמָה (cho.mah) · Strong's: H2346G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: wall
Used 130 times. Also: Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:29, Leviticus 25:29, Leviticus 25:30, Leviticus 25:31, Deuteronomy 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2346G; TAHOT Amos 1:7 word 3
עַזָּ֑ה'a.ZahGaza
Lemma: עַזָּה (az.zah) · Strong's: H5804
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Gaza
Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 10:19, Deuteronomy 2:23, Joshua 10:41, Joshua 11:22, Joshua 15:47, Judges 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5804; TAHOT Amos 1:7 word 4
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 1:7 word 5
אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ\׃'ar.me.no.Tei.hafortresses its
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 1:7 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 the walls | → | חוֹמָה H2346G wall |
| of Gaza | → | עַזָּה H5804 Gaza |
| to consume | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| its citadels | → | אַרְמוֹן H0759H citadel: fortress |
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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