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I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD . (KJV)

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הָפַ֣כְתִּיha.Fakh.tiI overthrew

Lemma: הָפַךְ (ha.phakh) · Strong's: H2015

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to overturn

Used 94 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:25, Genesis 19:29, Exodus 7:15, Exodus 7:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2015; TAHOT Amos 4:11 word 1

כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֤תke.mah.pe.Khatlike [the] overthrow of

Lemma: מַהְפֵּכָה (mah.pe.khah) · Strong's: H4114

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: overthrow

Used 6 times. Also: Deuteronomy 29:23, Isaiah 1:7, Isaiah 13:19, Jeremiah 49:18, Jeremiah 50:40 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4114; TAHOT Amos 4:11 word 2

אֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimGod

Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: God

Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Amos 4:11 word 3

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Amos 4:11 word 4

סְדֹ֣םse.DomSodom

Lemma: סְדֹם (se.dom) · Strong's: H5467

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Sodom

Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 10:19, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:12, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5467; TAHOT Amos 4:11 word 5

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Amos 4:11 word 6

עֲמֹרָ֔ה'a.mo.RahGomorrah

Lemma: עֲמֹרָה (a.mo.rah) · Strong's: H6017

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Gomorrah

Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 10:19, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 14:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6017; TAHOT Amos 4:11 word 7

וַתִּהְי֕וּva.tih.Yuand you were

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqw2mp)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Amos 4:11 word 8

כְּא֖וּדke.'Udlike a piece of firewood

Lemma: אוּד (ud) · Strong's: H0181

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: firebrand

Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 7:4, Zechariah 3:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0181; TAHOT Amos 4:11 word 9

מֻצָּ֣לmu.Tzalplucked out

Lemma: נָצַל (na.tsal) · Strong's: H5337

Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVHsmsa)

Meaning: to rescue

Used 213 times. Also: Genesis 31:9, Genesis 31:16, Genesis 32:11, Genesis 32:30, Genesis 37:21, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5337; TAHOT Amos 4:11 word 10

מִשְׂרֵפָ֑הmi.se.re.Fahfrom [the] burning

Lemma: שְׂרֵפָה (se.re.phah) · Strong's: H8316

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: fire

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Leviticus 10:6, Numbers 16:37, Numbers 19:6, Numbers 19:17, Deuteronomy 29:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8316; TAHOT Amos 4:11 word 11

וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Amos 4:11 word 12

שַׁבְתֶּ֥םshav.Temyou returned

Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqp2mp)

Meaning: to return: return

Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Amos 4:11 word 13

עָדַ֖י'a.Daito me

Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: till

Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Amos 4:11 word 14

נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance of

Lemma: נְאֻם (ne.um) · Strong's: H5002

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: utterance

Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 22:16, Numbers 14:28, Numbers 24:3, Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:15, Numbers 24:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5002; TAHOT Amos 4:11 word 15

יְהוָֽה\׃\ \סYah.wehYahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Amos 4:11 word 16

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Some of you I overthrew	→	הָפַךְ H2015 to overturn
as I overthrew	→	מַהְפֵּכָה H4114 overthrow
. . .	→	אֱלֹהִים H0430G God
Sodom	→	סְדֹם H5467 Sodom
and Gomorrah	→	עֲמֹרָה H6017 Gomorrah
and you were	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
like a firebrand	→	אוּד H0181 firebrand
snatched	→	נָצַל H5337 to rescue
from a blaze	→	שְׂרֵפָה H8316 fire
yet you did not	→	לֹא H3808 not
return	→	שׁוּב H7725G to return: return
to Me	→	עַד H5704 till
declares	→	נְאֻם H5002 utterance
the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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