OET interlinear AMOS 3:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

(Occurrence 0) the winter house with the summer house

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_will_strike house_of of,the_winter on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in house_of of,the_summer and,they_will_perish houses_of of_(the),ivory and,people_will_snatch_away houses great declares_of YHWH )

Some of the wealthy people had two houses: one that they lived in during the winter and one that they lived in during the summer. This refers to any winter and summer houses. Alternate translation: [the houses they live in during the winter and the houses they live in during the summer]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

(Occurrence 0) The houses of ivory will perish

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_will_strike house_of of,the_winter on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in house_of of,the_summer and,they_will_perish houses_of of_(the),ivory and,people_will_snatch_away houses great declares_of YHWH )

God speaks of the houses being destroyed as if they were alive and would die. Alternate translation: [The houses of ivory will be destroyed] or [The houses of ivory will collapse]

(Occurrence 0) The houses of ivory

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_will_strike house_of of,the_winter on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in house_of of,the_summer and,they_will_perish houses_of of_(the),ivory and,people_will_snatch_away houses great declares_of YHWH )

“the houses that are decorated with ivory.” This refers to houses that had decorations made of ivory on the walls and furniture. Ivory was very expensive, so only the wealthy people had things decorated with ivory.

(Occurrence 0) ivory

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_will_strike house_of of,the_winter on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in house_of of,the_summer and,they_will_perish houses_of of_(the),ivory and,people_will_snatch_away houses great declares_of YHWH )

the teeth and horns of large animals

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) the large houses will vanish

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_will_strike house_of of,the_winter on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in house_of of,the_summer and,they_will_perish houses_of of_(the),ivory and,people_will_snatch_away houses great declares_of YHWH )

“the large houses will exist no more.” Here “vanish” represents being destroyed. Alternate translation: [the large houses will be destroyed]