Amos 5:3
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“For thus saith the Lord God; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.”
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel. To struggle with God and prevail. The name given to Jacob. God's chosen people. Those who wrestle honestly with God.
כֹּה
thus
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כֹּה
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
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שָׁאַר
it will have left
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שָׁאַר
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
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עֶשֶׂר
ten
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עֶשֶׂר
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
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מֵאָה
a hundred
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מֵאָה
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
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יְהֹוִה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוִה
{YHWH}
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