OET interlinear AMOS 7:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) what do you see?

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to=me what you(ms) see ʼĀmōʦ and,I_said plumb_line and=he/it_said my=master here,I setting plumb_line in,the_midst_of my_people_of,my Yisrael not I_will_do_again again/more spare to=him/it )

Yahweh uses a question to teach Amos. Alternate translation: [tell me what you see.]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) I will put a plumb line among my people Israel

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to=me what you(ms) see ʼĀmōʦ and,I_said plumb_line and=he/it_said my=master here,I setting plumb_line in,the_midst_of my_people_of,my Yisrael not I_will_do_again again/more spare to=him/it )

Judging the people and determining they are wicked is spoken of as if the Israelites were a wall, and Yahweh determines the wall is not straight by using a plumb line. Alternate translation: [my people Israel are wicked. They are like a wall that is not straight up and down]

Note 3 topic: translate-alternativereadings

אֲנָ֑ךְ & אֲנָךְ֙

plumb_line & plumb_line

As in verse 7, also in this verse the word translated as plumb line could mean: (1) a plumb line, as in the ULT and UST. (2) a type of metal called “tin.” Alternate translation: [tin…tin]