Amos 3:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־יִתָּקַ֤ע שׁוֹפָר֙ בְּעִ֔יר וְעָ֖ם לֹ֣א יֶחֱרָ֑דוּ אִם־תִּהְיֶ֤ה רָעָה֙ בְּעִ֔יר וַיהוָ֖ה לֹ֥א עָשָֽׂה׃

Transliteration

ʾIm-yittāqaʿ šôpār bə-ʿîr wə-ʿām lōʾ yeḥĕrādû? ʾIm-tihyeh rāʿâ bə-ʿîr wa-YHWH lōʾ ʿāśâ?

Grammar Details

• *ʾIm*: conditional particle - if
• *yittāqaʿ*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is blown
• *šôpār*: noun, masculine singular - trumpet/ram's horn
• *bə-ʿîr*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - in a city
• *wə-ʿām*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and people
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yeḥĕrādû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will tremble
• *tihyeh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - there will be
• *rāʿâ*: noun, feminine singular - evil/calamity/disaster
• *wa-YHWH*: conjunction + divine name
• *ʿāśâ*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has done

Word Meanings

• *yittāqaʿ*: blown/sounded/trumpeted
• *šôpār*: trumpet/ram's horn/signal horn
• *ʿîr*: city/town
• *ʿām*: people/nation/populace
• *yeḥĕrādû*: tremble/be afraid/be terrified
• *tihyeh*: will be/happen/occur
• *rāʿâ*: evil/disaster/calamity/misfortune
• *ʿāśâ*: done/made/caused/brought about

Referenced Verses

• Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.
• Isa 14:24-27 : 24 Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: 25 that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder. 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. 27 For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
• Zeph 1:16 : 16 a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
• Gen 50:20 : 20 And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
• Jer 4:5 : 5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry aloud and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.
• Jer 6:1 : 1 Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.
• Hos 5:8 : 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Beth-aven; behind thee, O Benjamin.
• Jer 10:7 : 7 Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.
• Ezek 33:3 : 3 if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
• Jer 5:22 : 22 Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
• Acts 2:23 : 23 him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:
• Acts 4:28 : 28 to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.
• 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.