Amos 8:11
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Behold,הִנֵּ֣ה
(hin·neh)
2009: lo! behold!prol. of hen
daysיָמִ֣ים
(ya·mim)
3117: daya prim. root
are coming,"בָּאִ֗ים
(ba·'im)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
declaresנְאֻם֙
(ne·'um)
5002: utterancefrom an unused word
the Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י
(a·do·nai)
136: Lordan emphatic form of adon
GOD, 
 
306: amethystof uncertain derivation
"When I will sendוְהִשְׁלַחְתִּ֥י
(ve·hish·lach·ti)
7971: to senda prim. root
a famineרָעָ֖ב
(ra·'av)
7458: famine, hungerfrom raeb
on the land,בָּאָ֑רֶץ
(ba·'a·retz;)
776: earth, landa prim. root
Not a famineרָעָ֤ב
(ra·'av)
7458: famine, hungerfrom raeb
for breadלַלֶּ֙חֶם֙
(lal·le·chem)
3899: bread, foodfrom lacham
or a thirstצָמָ֣א
(tza·ma)
6772: thirstfrom tsame
for water,לַמַּ֔יִם
(lam·ma·yim,)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
But ratherכִּ֣י
(ki)
3588: that, for, whena prim. conjunction
for hearingלִשְׁמֹ֔עַ
(lish·mo·a',)
8085: to heara prim. root
the wordsדִּבְרֵ֥י
(div·rei)
1697: speech, wordfrom dabar
of the LORD.יְהוָֽה׃
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah


















KJV Lexicon
Behold the days
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
come
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
saith
n'um  (neh-oom')
an oracle -- (hath) said, saith.
the Lord
'Adonay  (ad-o-noy')
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) -- (my) Lord.
GOD
Yhovih  (yeh-ho-vee')
God.
that I will send
shalach  (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
a famine
ra`ab  (raw-awb')
hunger (more or less extensive) -- dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
in the land
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
not a famine
ra`ab  (raw-awb')
hunger (more or less extensive) -- dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
of bread
lechem  (lekh'-em)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) -- (shew-)bread, eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
nor a thirst
tsama'  (tsaw-maw')
thirst -- thirst(-y).
for water
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
but of hearing
shama`  (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
the words
dabar  (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
of the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Behold, days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "When I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, But rather for hearing the words of the LORD.

King James Bible
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Hear this! The days are coming-- this is the declaration of the Lord GOD-- when I will send a famine through the land: not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD.

International Standard Version
"Look! The days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "when I will send a famine throughout the land— not a famine of food or a thirst for water— but rather a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.

NET Bible
Be certain of this, the time is coming," says the sovereign LORD, "when I will send a famine through the land--not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The days are going to come, declares the Almighty LORD, when I will send a famine throughout the land. It won't be an ordinary famine or drought. Instead, there will be a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.

King James 2000 Bible
Behold, the days come, says the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
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