Amos 7:1
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.”
עָלָה
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
רָאָה
he showed/ me
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רָאָה
To see, to look, to perceive. Raah. The LORD sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
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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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יָצַר
he was forming
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יָצַר
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
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גּוֹב
locusts
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גּוֹב
the locust (from its grubbing as a larvae)
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גֵּז
the mowings of
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גֵּז
a fleece (as shorn); also mown grass
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לֶקֶשׁ
a spring-crop
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לֶקֶשׁ
the after crop
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יְהֹוִה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוִה
{YHWH}
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