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title: עָמוֹס — Amos · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָמוֹס (5986), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Amos. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Amos. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָמוֹס

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«עָמוֹס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Amos** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 5986 · **BDB:** עָמוֹס

### Glosses

Amos (4); O.Amos (2); of.Amos (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Amos [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5986/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Amos [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5986/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Amos the prophet;—Am 1:1; 7:8, 10, 11, 12, 14; 8:2, 𝔊 Αμως.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָמוֹס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5986/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 7:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.11/)

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כִּי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר עָמ֔וֹס בַּחֶ֖רֶב יָמ֣וּת יָרָבְעָ֑ם וְיִ֨שְׂרָאֵ֔ל גָּלֹ֥ה יִגְלֶ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) thus he.has.said Amos by the sword he.will.die Jeroboam and Israel certainly.(go.into.exile) it.will.go.into.exile from on land its

*JPS 1917:* For thus Amos saith: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'

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[Amos 7:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.12/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲמַצְיָה֙ אֶל־עָמ֔וֹס חֹזֶ֕ה לֵ֥ךְ בְּרַח־לְךָ֖ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֑ה וֶאֱכָל־שָׁ֣ם לֶ֔חֶם וְשָׁ֖ם תִּנָּבֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Amaziah to Amos O.seer go flee (for yourself to the.land of.Judah and eat there bread and there you.will.prophesy

*JPS 1917:* Also Amaziah said unto Amos: 'O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there;

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