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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
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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