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And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD : there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence. (KJV)
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וְהֵילִ֜ילוּve.hei.Li.luand they will wail
Lemma: יָלַל (ya.lal) · Strong's: H3213
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVhq3cp)
Meaning: to wail
Used 29 times. Also: Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 14:31, Isaiah 15:2, Isaiah 15:3, Isaiah 16:7, Isaiah 23:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3213; TAHOT Amos 8:3 word 1
שִׁיר֤וֹתshi.Rotsongs of
Lemma: שִׁיר (shir) · Strong's: H7892A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: song
Used 77 times. Also: Genesis 31:27, Judges 5:12, 1 Kings 4:32, 1 Chronicles 6:31, 1 Chronicles 6:32, 1 Chronicles 13:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7892A; TAHOT Amos 8:3 word 2
הֵיכָל֙hei.Khal[the] temple
Lemma: הֵיכָל (he.khal) · Strong's: H1964G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: temple
Used 56 times. Also: 1 Samuel 1:9, 1 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 22:7, 1 Kings 7:21, 1 Kings 7:50, 2 Kings 18:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1964G; TAHOT Amos 8:3 word 3
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the day
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Amos 8:3 word 4
הַה֔וּאha.Hu'<the> that
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Amos 8:3 word 5
נְאֻ֖םne.'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 8:3 word 6
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] Lord
Lemma: אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) · Strong's: H0136
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: Lord
Used 440 times. Also: Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:8, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 18:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0136; TAHOT Amos 8:3 word 7
יְהוִ֑הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוִה (ye.ho.vih) · Strong's: H3069
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: YHWH/God
Used 306 times. Also: Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:8, Deuteronomy 3:24, Deuteronomy 9:26, Joshua 7:7, Judges 6:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3069; TAHOT Amos 8:3 word 8
רַ֣בravmany
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7227A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: many
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 25:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7227A; TAHOT Amos 8:3 word 9
הַפֶּ֔גֶרha.Pe.gerthe corpse[s]
Lemma: פֶּ֫גֶר (pe.ger) · Strong's: H6297
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: corpse
Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 15:11, Leviticus 26:30, Numbers 14:29, Numbers 14:32, Numbers 14:33, 1 Samuel 17:46 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6297; TAHOT Amos 8:3 word 10
בְּכָל\־be.kholin every
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Amos 8:3 word 11
מָק֖וֹםma.Komplace
Lemma: מָקוֹם (ma.qom) · Strong's: H4725
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: place
Used 401 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 18:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4725; TAHOT Amos 8:3 word 12
הִשְׁלִ֥יךְhish.Likhsomeone will throw
Lemma: שָׁלַךְ (sha.lakh) · Strong's: H7993
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to throw
Used 125 times. Also: Genesis 21:15, Genesis 37:20, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 37:24, Exodus 1:22, Exodus 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7993; TAHOT Amos 8:3 word 13
הָֽס\׃\ \פHashush!
Lemma: הַס (ha.sah) · Strong's: H2013
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpv2ms)
Meaning: to silence
Used 8 times. Also: Numbers 13:30, Judges 3:19, Nehemiah 8:11, Amos 6:10, Habakkuk 2:20, Zephaniah 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2013; TAHOT Amos 8:3 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| In that | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| day | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| declares | → | נְאֻם H5002 utterance |
| the Lord | → | אֲדֹנָי H0136 Lord |
| GOD | → | יְהֹוִה H3069 YHWH/God |
| the songs | → | שִׁיר H7892A song |
| of the temple | → | הֵיכָל H1964G temple |
| will turn to wailing | → | יָלַל H3213 to wail |
| Many | → | רַב H7227A many |
| [will be] the corpses | → | פֶּ֫גֶר H6297 corpse |
| strewn | → | שָׁלַךְ H7993 to throw |
| in silence | → | הַס H2013 to silence |
| everywhere | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| . . . | → | מָקוֹם H4725 place |
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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