Amos 3:8
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?”
מִי
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
יָרֵא
will he be afraid
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יָרֵא
To fear, to revere, to be in awe of. Yare. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. Not terror but holy awe of who He truly is.
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דָבַר
he has spoken
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דָבַר
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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נָבָא
will he prophesy
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נָבָא
to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
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שָׁאַג
it has roared
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שָׁאַג
to rumble or moan
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יְהֹוִה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוִה
{YHWH}
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