Amos 4:7
King James Version
12 Jun 2026
“And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.”
עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
יָבֵשׁ
it dried up
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יָבֵשׁ
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
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עִיר
a city
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עִיר
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
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חֶלְקָה
a portion of ground
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חֶלְקָה
properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment
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מָנַע
I withheld
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מָנַע
to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury
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שָׁלוֹשׁ
three
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שָׁלוֹשׁ
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
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חֹדֶשׁ
months
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חֹדֶשׁ
the new moon; by implication, a month
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מָטַר
I sent rain
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מָטַר
to rain
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