Amos 8:6

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

לקנות לִקְנוֹת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ל

lə

Definition

to, for

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(lamed) — to / toward / for

Core value: orientation, directionality, belonging
ל is often mistranslated as purpose (“in order to”), but that smuggles in future-time. In reality, ל marks:
- movement toward,
- dedication unto,
- reference with respect to.
Aonically, ל is vectorial, not teleological.
not “for the sake of a future outcome”
but “oriented toward a locus or pole.”
This is why possession (“belongs to”) and motion (“toward”) use the same preposition: both indicate relational alignment, not time.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

קנה

qânâh

Definition

to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own; attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, [idiom] surely, [idiom] verily.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7069

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קָנָה

verb intransitive • Root קנה • Strongs / High • Page 1283

I. (Not used) Intransitive: same as קָנָא.

קָנָה

verb • Root קנה • Strongs / High • Page 1283

II. 1. To bring to oneself, to procure (e.g., a wife), to appropriate or get, to get by purchase, to buy. 2. To possess, to rule over, hence applied to God, Possessor of heaven and earth.

קָנָה

verb • Root קנה • Strongs / High • Page 1284

To buy, acquire, purchase. (Nif: to be bought; Hif: to buy/acquire, often bond-men for field-labour).

קָנָה

verb • Root קנה • Strongs / High • Page 1284

(Not used) intr. to overtop, to mount up, to rise up, to be set up straight or stiff, to be grown, of a reed, a lance.

קָנָה

noun proper • Root קנה • Strongs / High • Page 1284

1. (From Qanah III, meaning 'place of reeds') Name of a brook on the confines of Ephraim and Manasseh (Wady Kânah).

קָנָה

noun proper • Root קנה • Strongs / High • Page 1284

2. (Possession, from Qanah II) Name of a city in Asher.

קָנָה

noun proper masculine • Root קנה • Strongs / High • Page 1284

3. (Possessor, from Qanah II), only used in the proper name masculine.

קָנָה

verb • Root קנה • Strongs / High • Page 1284

(Not used) tr. same as קָנַץ (according to some, meaning 'to hunt'); also compared to Arab. root meaning to incline or bend, leading to a possible noun derivative meaning 'bend, turn, side, declivity, or flank'.

קָנָה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1283

I. (not used) intr. same as קָנָא, prop. to glow.

קָנָה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1283

II. trans. 1. To bring to oneself, to procure (a wife); to appropriate, get, acquire, buy, possess, rule over; applied to God, Possessor of heaven and earth. 2. To possess, to rule over.

קָנָה

verb • Root קנה • Strongs / High • Page 1284

To buy, purchase (verb). Forms include Nif. (to be bought) and Hif. (to buy, acquire bond-men).

קָנָה

verb intransitive • Root קנה • Strongs / High • Page 1284

Intransitive verb (not used): to overtop, to mount up, to rise up, to be set up straight or stiff, to be grown, of a reed, a lance.

קָנָה

noun proper • Root קנה • Strongs / High • Page 1284

Proper noun: 1. Name of a brook on the confines of Ephraim and Manasseh (Wady Kânah). 2. Name of a city in Asher. 3. A possessor (masculine proper name).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קָנָה

verb • Page 589

1. to get, gain, acquire (Prov. 4:7). 2. to buy (Gen. 25:10). 3. to redeem, ransom (Is. 11:11). 4. to obtain for a possession (Gen. 4:1). 5. to own, possess (Is. 1:3). 6. to prepare, form, make (Ps. 139:13).

Preposition, Verb Qal infinitive construct common

LXX: ἐκτήσατο κτῆσαι '' ἐκτησάμην κτήσασθαι

LXX Usage Statistics

H7069:

ἐκτήσατο 12× (13.4%)

κτῆσαι 8× (9.2%)

'' 6× (6.1%)

ἐκτησάμην 5× (5.6%)

κτήσασθαι 5× (5.4%)

ἐκτήσω 4× (4.6%)

κέκτημαι 3× (3.6%)

κτήσῃ 3× (3.6%)

κτώμενοσ 3× (3.2%)

νοσσιαὶ 2× (2.4%)

בכסף בַּכֶּסֶף

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

כסף

keçeph

Definition

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

Root

from H3700 (כסף);

Exhaustive

from כסף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3701

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כֶּסֶף

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 723

silver, so called from its whitish-grey, pale colour. It is used to denote silver as a metal, a shekel of silver, silver-ore, money, or what is bought for money.

כֶּסֶף

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 723

Aramaic word for silver, money.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כֶּסֶף

noun masculine • Page 324

1. silver. Gen. 23: 15. 2. money generally. Gen. 23: 13. Deut. 23: 20.

כְּסַף

chald. • Page 324

Chald. idem. (equivalent to silver). Dan. 2: 35. 5: 2, 4, 23.

כָּסַף

verb • Page 324

1. to be greedy or long for any thing. Ps. 17: 12. 2. to have compassion. Job 14: 15. Niph. to long for; to blush or be ashamed. Gen. 31: 30. Zeph. 2: 1.

Preposition -Within Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἀργύριον ἀργυρίου ἀργυρίῳ ἀργυρᾶν ἀργυρᾶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3701:

ἀργύριον 156× (36.0%)

ἀργυρίου 104× (25.5%)

ἀργυρίῳ 18× (4.1%)

ἀργυρᾶν 15× (3.9%)

ἀργυρᾶ 11× (2.7%)

'' 11× (2.5%)

ἀργυροῦν 11× (2.8%)

ἀργυραῖ 9× (2.3%)

ἀργυρᾶσ 7× (1.8%)

--- 7× (1.8%)

דלים דַּלִּים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

דל

dal

Definition

properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin

Root

from H1809 (דלל);

Exhaustive

from דלל; properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin; lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1800

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

דַּל

adjective • Root דלל • Strongs / High • Page 368

1. Tottering, loose, staggering, shaking; hence decaying, wretched, small, insignificant, or weak. 2. (as a substantive) A poor, impoverished, wretched person. 3. (from דָּלָה) Metaphorically, 'door of the lips'.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

דַּל

m. prim. • Root דלת • Page 165

a door (Ps. 141:3).

דַּל

verb • Root דלל • Page 166

1. lean, meager (Gen. 41: 19, 2 Sam. 13: 4). 2. weak, without strength (2 Sam. 3: 1, Judg. 6: 15). 3. low, poor, tenuis (Ex. 23: 3, Lev. 14: 21, Ruth 3: 10, Ps. 41: 2, Prov. 10: 15).

Adjective adjective masculine plural absolute

LXX: πένητα πτωχοὺσ πτωχὸσ πτωχοῦ πτωχῶν

LXX Usage Statistics

H1800:

πένητα 6× (12.9%)

πτωχοὺσ 5× (11.1%)

πτωχὸσ 3× (5.6%)

πτωχοῦ 2× (4.4%)

πτωχῶν 2× (4.4%)

πτωχὸν 2× (4.4%)

'' 2× (3.8%)

ואביון וְאֶבְיוֹן

and inner begging one

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

אביון

ʼebyôwn

Definition

destitute

Root

from H14 (אבה), in the sense of want (especially in feeling);

Exhaustive

from אבה, in the sense of want (especially in feeling); destitute; beggar, needy, poor (man).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H34

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֶבְיוֹן

adjective / noun masculine • Root אביון • Strongs_Numbers • Page 50

Bowed, oppressed; needy, poor

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֶבְיוֹן

verb • Root אבה • Page 19

1. Poor, needy (Deut. 15:4, 7, 11; Ps. 72:4). 2. Unhappy, afflicted, distressed.

Conjunction, Adjective adjective both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0034:

No stats available

בעבור בַּעֲבוּר

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

עבור

ʻâbûwr

Definition

properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that

Root

or עבר; passive participle of H5674 (עבר);

Exhaustive

or עבר; passive participle of עבר; properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that; because of, for (...'s sake), (intent) that, to.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5668

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָבוּר

noun masculine • Root עבר • Strongs / High • Page 1045

Masculine noun/preposition/conjunction. Prop. what is produced/brought forth. 1. Produce, fruit of the earth, grain. 2. (Construct state עֲבוּר) In consequence, used as: a) A preposition (בַּעֲבוּר) for, on account of, or in order to; b) Followed by a noun: for the sake of; c) A conjunction: because, so that.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עֲבוּר

substantive / preposition / conj. • Page 487

Literally a transition. Found in composition בַּעֲבוּר. (1) prep. meaning 'on account of' or 'for'. (2) conj. meaning 'so that', 'because', or 'while'.

עָבוּר

noun masculine • Page 487

Grain. Josh. 5: 11, 12. (Syr. and Chald. idem.)

Preposition, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ἕνεκεν ὅπωσ διὰ δι' ἵνα

LXX Usage Statistics

H5668:

ἕνεκεν 12× (24.0%)

ὅπωσ 9× (18.0%)

διὰ 8× (16.0%)

δι' 5× (10.0%)

ἵνα 5× (10.0%)

αὐτούσ 2× (3.4%)

ἔργα 2× (2.5%)

נעלים נַעֲלָיִם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נעל

naʻal

Definition

properly, a sandal tongue; by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless)

Root

or (feminine) נעלה; from H5274 (נעל);

Exhaustive

or (feminine) נעלה; from נעל; properly, a sandal tongue; by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless); dryshod, (pair of) shoe((-latchet), -s).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5275

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נַ֫עַל

noun / feminine • Root נעל • Consonantal / Low • Page 977

A covering, clothing of the foot, a shoe.

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

נָעַל

verb • Root נעל • Consonantal / Low • Page 976

transitive. to bolt, to bar.

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

נָעַל

verb • Root נעל • Consonantal / Low • Page 977

To lock up. Fundamentally, to fetter, bind, attach.

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

נָעַל

verb • Root נעל • Consonantal / Low • Page 977

Denominative verb meaning to shoe, with the accusative.

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נַעַל

f. verbal • Root נעל • Page 447

Shoe, sandal. Gen. 14:23. Ps. 60:10. Figuratively for something small or trifling. Dual נַעֲלַיִם Am. 2:6.

Noun common both dual absolute

LXX: ὑπόδημα ὑποδήματα ὑποδημάτων ὑποδήμασιν ὑπόδημά

LXX Usage Statistics

H5275:

ὑπόδημα 5× (25.1%)

ὑποδήματα 4× (16.5%)

ὑποδημάτων 3× (16.8%)

ὑποδήμασιν 2× (10.0%)

ὑπόδημά 2× (10.0%)

ומפל וּמַפַּל

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

מפל

mappâl

Definition

a falling off, i.e. chaff; also something pendulous, i.e. a flap

Root

from H5307 (נפל);

Exhaustive

from נפל; a falling off, i.e. chaff; also something pendulous, i.e. a flap; flake, refuse.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4651

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

פַּל

noun masculine • Root פלל • Consonantal / Low • Page 1168

A judge, only in the proper name אֱלִיפָל.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

פָּל

proper adjective • Root פול • Consonantal / Low • Page 1168

A strong or powerful one, a hero, only in the proper name פַּלְיָאוֹסֶר, פַּלְנָאֹסֶר.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַפָּל

noun masculine • Root נפל • Page 396

strictly that which hangs down, or falls off. Used of fleshy dewlaps (Job 41:23) or refuse of wheat (Am. 8:6).

Conjunction, Noun common both singular construct

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H4651:

No stats available

בר בַּר

a wheat grain

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בר

bâr

Definition

grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country

Root

or בר; from H1305 (ברר) (in the sense of winnowing);

Exhaustive

or בר; from ברר (in the sense of winnowing); grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country; corn, wheat.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1250

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בַּר

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 256

Son (Aramaic); corresponds to Hebrew בֵּן.

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּר

noun masculine • Root ברר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 274

1. corn, grain, either winnowed and cleansed; 2. a field (Job 39, 4)

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּר

adjective • Root ברר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 274

1. in a moral sense, tried, approved, pure, clear; 2. chosen, select, consequently a favourite; 3. clean, i.e. free from something, empty

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּר

noun masculine • Root בן • Consonantal / Medium • Page 274

son (poetic); do homage to the son (Ps 2:12)

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּר

noun masculine • Root בן • Consonantal / Medium • Page 274

son (Aramaic)

Matched via consonantal key only

בָּר

noun masculine • Root שדה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 274

the field, open country, in opposition to the city (Aramaic)

Matched via consonantal key only

בֹּר

noun masculine • Root ברר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 274

1. cleanness, pureness, integrity; 2. cleansing salt of lye or alkali, for washing or smelting metals

Matched via consonantal key only

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: σῖτον '' σίτου γῆσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1250a:

σῖτον 5× (22.3%)

'' 5× (20.2%)

σίτου 2× (9.5%)

γῆσ 2× (8.1%)

נשביר נַשְׁבִּיר׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שבר

shâbar

Definition

to deal in grain

Root

denominative from H7668 (שבר);

Exhaustive

denominative from שבר; to deal in grain; buy, sell.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7666

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שָׁבַר

verb • Root שבר • Strongs / High • Page 1378

1. To break in pieces, to reduce to fragments, by man's hand. 2. Figuratively: To destroy hard dominion or high power; to take away the support of bread; to destroy a military people; to grieve (break the heart); to break off a limit, i.e. to appoint.

שָׁבַר

verb • Root שבר • Strongs / High • Page 1378

(Not used) To press out, to put forth fruit; and so intrans. to sprout, to grow. (Fundamental signification proceeds from breaking forth or breaking through.)

שָׁבַר

verb • Root שבר • Strongs / High • Page 1379

(Denominative) 1. To buy grain or food. 2. To sell corn.

Verb Hiphil imperfect first person common plural

LXX: ἀγοράσατε πρίασθαι ἀγοράζειν ἀγοράσαι πρίασθε

LXX Usage Statistics

H7666:

ἀγοράσατε 4× (19.8%)

πρίασθαι 3× (14.8%)

ἀγοράζειν 2× (9.9%)

ἀγοράσαι 2× (9.9%)

πρίασθε 2× (9.1%)

ἐπώλει 2× (9.1%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
To buy the poor with silver, and the needy for shoes; and we will sell the refuse of the grain.

LITV Translation:
in order to buy the helpless with silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals, and sell the chaff of the wheat?

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for shoes; and we will trade in every kind of fruit.