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Amos 1:6

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I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.	Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver [them] up to Edom:	But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068; For three^H7969 transgressions^H6588 of Gaza^H5804, and for four^H702, I will not turn away^H7725 the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive^H1540 the whole^H8003 captivity^H1546, to deliver them up^H5462 to Edom^H123:

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Original Hebrew

כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה פִּשְׁעֵי עַזָּה וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָה לֹא אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ עַל־הַגְלֹותָם גָּלוּת שְׁלֵמָה לְהַסְגִּיר לֶאֱדֹום׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כֹּ֚ה	koh	H3541	HD	thus
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	H559	HVqp3ms	he says
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
שְׁלֹשָׁה֙	she.lo.Shah	H7969	HAcmsa	three
פִּשְׁעֵ֣י	pish.'Ei	H6588	HNcmpc	(the) transgressions of
עַזָּ֔ה	'a.Zah	H5804	HNp	Gaza
וְ/עַל	ve./'al-	H5921	HC/R	and/ on
אַרְבָּעָ֖ה	'ar.ba.'Ah	H702	HAcmsa	four
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
אֲשִׁיבֶ֑/נּוּ	'a.shi.Ve./nu	H7725	HVhi1cs/Sp3ms	I will revoke/ it
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	because
הַגְלוֹתָ֛/ם	hag.lo.Ta/m	H1540	HVhc/Sp3mp	carried away into exile/ they
גָּל֥וּת	ga.Lut	H1546	HNcfsa	exile
שְׁלֵמָ֖ה	she.le.Mah	H8003	HAafsa	complete
לְ/הַסְגִּ֥יר	le./has.Gir	H5462	HR/Vhc	to/ deliver up (them)
לֶ/אֱדֽוֹם	le./'e.Dom	H123	HR/Np	to/ Edom

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H123 — אֱדֹם (ʼĔdôm, ed-ome'): or (fully) אֱדוֹם ; from אָדֹם; red (see Genesis 25:25); Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him; Edom, Edomites, Idumea.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H702 — אַרְבַּע (ʼarbaʻ, ar-bah'): masculine אַרְבָּעָה; from רָבַע; four; four.
• H1540 — גָּלָה (gâlâh, gaw-law'): a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal; [phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.
• H1546 — גָּלוּת (gâlûwth, gaw-looth'): feminine from גָּלָה; captivity; concretely, exiles (collectively); (they that are carried away) captives(-ity).
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H5462 — סָגַר (çâgar, saw-gar'): a primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender; close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, [idiom] pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, [idiom] straitly.
• H5804 — עַזָּה (ʻAzzâh, az-zaw'): feminine of עַז; strong; Azzah, a place in Palestine; Azzah, Gaza.
• H6588 — פֶּשַׁע (peshaʻ, peh'-shah): from פָּשַׁע; a revolt (national, moral or religious); rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
• H7725 — שׁוּב (shûwb, shoob): a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
• H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'): or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.
• H8003 — שָׁלֵם (shâlêm, shaw-lame'): from שָׁלַם; complete (literally or figuratively); especially friendly; full, just, made ready, peaceable, perfect(-ed), quiet, Shalem (by mistake for a name), whole.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H3541 — כֹּה (kôh, ko): from the prefix k and הוּא; properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now; also, here, + hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), + mean while, yonder.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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