Amos 5:11
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.”
יָשַׁב
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
בָּנָה
you have built
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בָּנָה
To build, to construct. Banah. God is building His church. He is building your life. Every trial is part of the construction process.
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בַּיִת
houses of
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בַּיִת
House, household, family. Bayith. In My Father's house are many rooms. God has a home prepared for everyone who belongs to Him.
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יַעַן
because
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יַעַן
properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
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נָטַע
you have planted
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נָטַע
properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
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בָּר
grain
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בָּר
grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country
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מִן
from/ him
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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דַּל
the poor
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דַּל
properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
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יַיִן
wine/ their
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יַיִן
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
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לָקַח
you take
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לָקַח
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
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שָׁתָה
you will drink
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שָׁתָה
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
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גָּזִית
hewn stone
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גָּזִית
something cut, i.e. dressed stone
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כֶּרֶם
vineyards of
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כֶּרֶם
a garden or vineyard
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בָּשַׁס
trample/ you
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בָּשַׁס
to trample down
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חֶמֶד
delight
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חֶמֶד
delight
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