Amos 8:13

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ביום בַּיּוֹם

within the Manifestation/Day

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

יום

yôwm

Definition

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

Root

from an unused root meaning to be hot;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3117

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יוֹם

noun masculine • Root ימם • Strongs / High • Page 595

brightness, splendour, shining, light. hence 1. the day (the period of light), opposed to night; can also mean mid-day. 2. the civil day, including night.

יוֹם

noun masculine • Root יום • Strongs / High • Page 596

Day; also used metaphorically for a specific time or event, such as birth-day, day of punishment, day of death, the present time, or the end of life.

יוֹם

noun masculine (aramaic) • Root יום • Strongs / High • Page 596

Aramaic (Chaldee) word for 'day', with the same variety of senses as the Hebrew.

יוֹם

noun / masculine • Root ימם • Strongs / High • Page 612

1. clearness, light. 2. day (including the night). The plural form יָמִים can also mean a short time, an indefinite time, or a long time.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יוֹם

m. prim. dec. i. • Page 277

1. day. Phrases: הַיּוֹם (this day; to-day, 1 Sam. 12:17); בְּיוֹם (on the day when, Gen 2:17); כְּיוֹם (now, Gen. 25:31); יוֹם יוֹם (daily, Neh. 8:18); מִיּוֹם (from the day on, Ex. 10:6). Special uses: a day of misfortune (Obad. 12), a day of prosperity or festival (Hos. 7:5), and the day of Jehovah/judgment (Joel 1:15). 2. time generally (Gen. 39: 11).

יוֹם

noun masculine • Page 278

Day. (1) Specially days of one's life (Gen. 6:3, Gen. 43:9, Sam. 25:28). (2) Time generally (Gen. 47:8, Ex. 2:11, Judg. 18:1). (3) Some or several days (Neh. 1:4, Dan. 8:27, Gen. 40:4). (4) A year (Lev. 25:29, Judg. 17:10, 1 Sam. 2:19).

יוֹם

m. chald. • Page 278

Day, as in Heb. Plural יוֹמִין, emphatic יוֹמַיָּא. (Ezra 4:15, 19).

Preposition -Within Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἡμέρᾳ ἡμέρασ σήμερον ἡμέραν ἡμερῶν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3117:

ἡμέρᾳ 574× (20.2%)

ἡμέρασ 571× (23.8%)

σήμερον 204× (9.1%)

ἡμέραν 171× (6.9%)

ἡμερῶν 153× (6.4%)

ἡμέρα 135× (5.4%)

ἡμέραισ 133× (4.6%)

ἡμέραι 116× (4.7%)

--- 51× (2.4%)

'' 46× (1.8%)

ההוא הַה֜וּא

Himself

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

הוא

hûwʼ

Definition

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

Root

of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is היא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular;

Exhaustive

of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is היא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1931

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הוּא

personal pronoun • Root הו • Strongs / High • Page 392

Personal pronoun, 3rd person singular masculine: he, it. It can also be used for emphasis (he himself), as a demonstrative (this, that), to indicate self, or to strengthen other pronouns (I myself, thou thyself).

הוּא

pronoun • Strongs / High • Page 393

Personal pronoun, 3rd person singular masculine: he, it. Can also mean 'the same', 'himself'. It is also used as a designation for God, and can include the verb 'to be'.

הוּא

aramaic personal pronoun (aramaic) • Strongs / High • Page 393

Aramaic personal pronoun of the 3rd person, he.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הוּא

chald. • Page 178

idem. behold, as for as simply. So in Syr. Dan. 2:43.

הוּא

pronoun • Page 182

1. he, and as a neuter it. In the Pentateuch, used for both genders. 2. self, same, selfsame. Is. 7:14, Ps. 44:5. 3. serves as the substantive verb 'to be' (copula). Is. 43:25. Also used as 'thou (art) the same' in 2 Sam. 7:28.

הוּא

chald. pron. • Page 182

idem (the same). Dan. 2:21.

הוּא

chald. • Page 182

see הֲוָה.

הוּא

unknown • Page 217

see הָוָה.

Particle definite article, Pronoun personal third person masculine singular

LXX: αὐτὸσ ἐστιν ἐκείνῃ οὗτοσ ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H1931:

αὐτὸσ 321× (16.5%)

ἐστιν 260× (13.7%)

ἐκείνῃ 197× (10.6%)

οὗτοσ 160× (8.4%)

--- 103× (5.6%)

ἐκείνῳ 67× (3.6%)

ἐστίν 54× (2.9%)

ἐστὶν 54× (2.7%)

'' 50× (2.3%)

τοῦτο 42× (2.2%)

תתעלפנה תִּ֠תְעַלַּפְנָה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עלף

ʻâlaph

Definition

to veil or cover; figuratively, to be languid

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to veil or cover; figuratively, to be languid; faint, overlaid, wrap self.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5968

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָלַף

verb qal • Strongs / High • Page 1099

Transitive, to wrap up, to veil, to cover; metaphor. a) to conceal, to hide; b) to pine, to be exhausted.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עָלַף

verb • Page 512

In Kal not used. 1. to cover. 2. to be wrapt in night, hence to be feeble, to faint. Pu. 1. to be covered. Cant. 5: 14. 2. to swoon away, to faint. Is. 51: 20. Hithpa. 1. to cover or disguise one's self. Gen. 38: 14. 2. to faint; from heat, Jon. 4: 8. from thirst, Am. 8: 13.

Verb Hithpael imperfect third person feminine plural

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H5968:

No stats available

הבתולת הַבְּתוּלֹת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

בתולה

bᵉthûwlâh

Definition

a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state

Root

feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate;

Exhaustive

feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate; a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state; maid, virgin.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1330

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בְּתוּלָה

noun feminine • Root בתל • Strongs / High • Page 288

1. A virgin who is not yet espoused. 2. A betrothed or newly-married woman. 3. An addition to בַּת before names of unconquered countries and cities.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בְּתוּלָה

f. prim. • Page 120

maid, virgin. Gen. 24:15 וְהַנַּעֲרָ בְּתוּלָה וְאִישׁ לֹא יְדָעָהּ and the damsel was a virgin, and no man had known her. 2 Sam. 13:2.—נַעֲרָ בְתוּלָה a damsel who is a virgin.

Particle definite article, Noun common feminine plural absolute

LXX: παρθένοσ παρθένοι παρθένον παρθένουσ παρθένῳ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1330:

παρθένοσ 12× (24.6%)

παρθένοι 9× (17.1%)

παρθένον 8× (15.7%)

παρθένουσ 7× (13.3%)

παρθένῳ 5× (10.1%)

--- 2× (4.2%)

היפות הַיָּפוֹת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

יפה

yâpheh

Definition

beautiful (literally or figuratively)

Root

from H3302 (יפה);

Exhaustive

from יפה; beautiful (literally or figuratively); [phrase] beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), [phrase] goodly, pleasant, well.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3303

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָפֶה

adjective • Root יפה • Strongs / High • Page 629

1. Beautiful, comely. 2. High, overtopping. 3. Figuratively suitable, useful, excellent.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָפֶה

m. const. יְפֵה / verb • Root יפה • Page 291

1. fair, spoken of persons. 2 Sam. 13: 1; 14: 25. Spoken of animals, Gen. 41: 2 ff. 2. proper, suitable, becoming. Ecc. 3: 11.

Particle definite article, Adjective adjective feminine plural absolute

LXX: καλὴ καλή καλὴν --- κάλλουσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3303:

καλὴ 12× (28.1%)

καλή 6× (14.8%)

καλὴν 2× (4.9%)

--- 2× (4.9%)

κάλλουσ 2× (4.9%)

καλαὶ 2× (4.6%)

καλὸσ 2× (4.6%)

והבחורים וְהַבַּחוּרים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

בחור

bâchûwr

Definition

properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective)

Root

or בחר; participle passive of H977 (בחר);

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H970

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בָּחוּר

noun masculine • Root בחר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 232

a young man in the prime of manhood; a young warrior, a champion

בְּחֻרוֹת

noun feminine plural • Lemma_Lookup • Page 234

Youth (same as בַּחֻרִים).

מִבְחוֹר

masculine noun • Root בחר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 803

The select, best; used with 'well fortified city' with an assonance to מִבְצָר.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בָּחוּר

particle • Root בחר • Page 93

chosen, selected. (whereby it is distinguished from בַּחוּרִים young men.) Judg. 20:15; 1 Sam. 24:3; 2 Sam. 6:1.

בָּחוּר

noun masculine • Root בחר • Page 92

A youth, young man. Literally signifying chosen, particularly as a young man for military service.

Conjunction, Particle definite article, Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0970:

No stats available

בצמא בַּצָּמָא׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

צמא

tsâmâʼ

Definition

thirst (literally or figuratively)

Root

from H6770 (צמא);

Exhaustive

from צמא; thirst (literally or figuratively); thirst(-y).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6772

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

צָמָא

noun masculine • Root צמא • Strongs / High • Page 1234

Thirst, sitis (often associated with famine).

צָמָא

verb • Root צמא • Strongs / High • Page 1235

To perish with thirst; to kill with thirst (הַצְמִיתָה); to quench the thirst; thirst for a thing; also drought, dryness, wastness, = צִיָּה.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

צָמָא

m. verbal • Root צמא • Page 570

Thirst. Ezek. 19:13. Jer. 48:18.

Preposition -Within Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: δίψει δίψαν

LXX Usage Statistics

H6772:

δίψει 8× (44.3%)

δίψαν 6× (33.0%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
In that day the fair virgins shall faint, and the young men, for thirst.

LITV Translation:
In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men shall faint with thirst.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst;