Amos 8:5
and ye say, When shall harvest pass, and we shall sell merchandises? and the sabbath, and we shall open our wheat again? that we make less the measure, and increase the shekel, and that we set privily guileful balances;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