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← Amos 8 · ← verse 3 · verse 5 →

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

שִׁמְעוּ\־shim.'u-hear

Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)

Meaning: to hear: hear

Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Amos 8:4 word 1

זֹ֕אתzotthis

Lemma: זֹאת (zot) · Strong's: H2063

Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)

Meaning: this

Used 603 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 12:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2063; TAHOT Amos 8:4 word 2

הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖יםha.sho.'a.FimO those [who] trample on

Lemma: שָׁאַף (sha.aph) · Strong's: H7602B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to crush

Used 6 times. Also: Psalms 56:1, Psalms 56:2, Psalms 57:3, Ezekiel 36:3, Amos 2:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7602B; TAHOT Amos 8:4 word 3

אֶבְי֑וֹן'ev.Yon[the] needy

Lemma: אֶבְיוֹן (ev.yon) · Strong's: H0034

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: needy

Used 61 times. Also: Exodus 23:6, Exodus 23:11, Deuteronomy 15:4, Deuteronomy 15:7, Deuteronomy 15:9, Deuteronomy 15:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0034; TAHOT Amos 8:4 word 4

וְלַשְׁבִּ֖יתve.lash.Bitand to put an end to

Lemma: שָׁבַת (sha.vat) · Strong's: H7673A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)

Meaning: to cease

Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 8:22, Exodus 5:5, Exodus 12:15, Exodus 16:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7673A; TAHOT Amos 8:4 word 5

אָֽרֶץ\׃'A.retz[the] land

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

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

Meaning: land: country/planet

Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Amos 8:4 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Hear→שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear
this→זֹאת H2063 this
you who trample→שָׁאַף H7602B to crush
the needy→אֶבְיוֹן H0034 needy
who do away with→שָׁבַת H7673A to cease
the poor→עָנָו H6035 poor
of the land→אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet

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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