InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Amos C1 C2 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9
Amos 3 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
OET-LV (If) a_trumpet is_it_blown in_a_city and_the_people not they_tremble or calamity is_it in_a_city and_YHWH not he_has_done_it.
OET (OET-RV) If a warning trumpet sounds in a city, won’t the people start to worry?
⇔ ≈ If disaster comes to a city, wouldn’t it be Yahweh who sent it?
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
(Occurrence 0) If a trumpet sounds in a city, will the people not tremble?
(Some words not found in UHB: if blown trumpet in,a_city and_[the],people not afraid if you(ms)_will_be disaster in,a_city and,Yahweh not he/it_had_made )
Amos uses this question to remind people of what they already know about what happens when a trumpet sounds. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: [When the trumpet sounds in the city, the people will tremble]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
(Occurrence 0) If a trumpet sounds in a city
(Some words not found in UHB: if blown trumpet in,a_city and_[the],people not afraid if you(ms)_will_be disaster in,a_city and,Yahweh not he/it_had_made )
The purpose of sounding the trumpet is to warn people that enemies are about to attack the city. Alternate translation: [If someone blows the trumpet in the city to warn the people about an enemy attack] or [If the warning trumpet is blown in the city]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
(Occurrence 0) tremble
(Some words not found in UHB: if blown trumpet in,a_city and_[the],people not afraid if you(ms)_will_be disaster in,a_city and,Yahweh not he/it_had_made )
The reason for trembling can be stated clearly. Alternate translation: [tremble because they are afraid] or [be afraid of the enemy and tremble]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
(Occurrence 0) If disaster overtakes a city, has Yahweh not sent it?
(Some words not found in UHB: if blown trumpet in,a_city and_[the],people not afraid if you(ms)_will_be disaster in,a_city and,Yahweh not he/it_had_made )
Amos uses this question to remind the people of what they should already know about what causes a disaster. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: [If disaster overtakes a city, Yahweh has sent it]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) If disaster overtakes a city,
(Some words not found in UHB: if blown trumpet in,a_city and_[the],people not afraid if you(ms)_will_be disaster in,a_city and,Yahweh not he/it_had_made )
Something terrible happening to a city is spoken of as if disaster overtakes it.
OET-LV (If) a_trumpet is_it_blown in_a_city and_the_people not they_tremble or calamity is_it in_a_city and_YHWH not he_has_done_it.
OET (OET-RV) If a warning trumpet sounds in a city, won’t the people start to worry?
⇔ ≈ If disaster comes to a city, wouldn’t it be Yahweh who sent it?
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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