Amos 7:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּ֤ה הִרְאַ֙נִי֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֥ה קֹרֵ֛א לָרִ֥ב בָּאֵ֖שׁ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙ אֶת־תְּה֣וֹם רַבָּ֔ה וְאָכְלָ֖ה אֶת־הַחֵֽלֶק׃

Transliteration

Thus hirʾanî ʾădōnāy YHWH and-hinnēh qōrēʾ to-rîb with-the-ʾēš ʾădōnāy YHWH and-tōʾkal ʾet-tehôm rabbāh and-ʾākelāh ʾet-the-ḥēleq.

Grammar Details

*kōh*: adverb - thus, in this manner
*hirʾanî*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masc. singular with 1st singular suffix - he showed me
*ʾădōnāy*: noun, masc. singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my Lord
*YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
*hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold, look
*qōrēʾ*: qal participle, masc. singular - calling
*rîb*: qal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition - to contend/dispute
*ʾēš*: noun, fem. singular with prefixed preposition - with fire
*tōʾkal*: qal imperfect, 3rd fem. singular with consecutive waw - and it consumed
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*tehôm*: noun, fem. singular - deep, abyss
*rabbāh*: adjective, fem. singular - great
*ʾākelāh*: qal perfect, 3rd fem. singular with consecutive waw - and it devoured
*ḥēleq*: noun, masc. singular with definite article - the portion/part

Word Meanings

*qōrēʾ*: calling/summoning/proclaiming
*rîb*: contend/dispute/judge
*tehôm*: deep/abyss/great deep
*ḥēleq*: portion/part/territory

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Referenced Verses

Isa 66:15-16 : 15 For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by fire will Jehovah execute judgment, and by his sword, upon all flesh; and the slain of Jehovah shall be many.
Amos 7:1 : 1 Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
Amos 7:7 : 7 Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.
Mic 1:4 : 4 And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
Nah 1:6 : 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.
Heb 1:7 : 7 And of {G3303} the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels winds, And his ministers a flame of fire:
Rev 4:1 : 1 After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, a voice as of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must come to pass hereafter.
Exod 9:23-24 : 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth; and Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
Lev 10:2 : 2 And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah.
Num 16:35 : 35 And fire came forth from Jehovah, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.
Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Isa 27:4 : 4 Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.
Jer 4:4 : 4 Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Jer 21:12 : 12 O house of David, thus saith Jehovah, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Joel 2:30 : 30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
Amos 1:4 : 4 but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
Amos 1:7 : 7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Amos 4:11 : 11 I have overthrown [cities] among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
Amos 5:6 : 6 Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.

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