Amós 8:5
Diciendo: ¿Cuándo pasará el mes, y venderemos el trigo; y la semana, y abriremos los alfolíes del pan, y achicaremos la medida, y engrandeceremos el precio, y falsearemos el peso engañoso;This verse in the real world
In what words
- קָטֹןqâṭônto diminish, i.e. be (causatively, make) diminutive or (figuratively) of no account
- עָוַתʻâvathto wrest
- שֶׁבֶרshebergrain (as if broken into kernels)
- בָּרbârgrain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country
- מֹאזֵןmôʼzên(only in the dual) a pair of scales
- שָׁבַרshâbarto deal in grain
- אֵיפָהʼêyphâhan ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general
- שֶׁקֶלsheqelprobably a weight; used as a commercial standard
+6 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Neh 13:15–21, Hos 12:7, Mic 6:10–11, Deu 25:13–16, Lev 19:36, Pro 16:11, Pro 11:1, Exo 20:8–10