The Meaning of Amos 8:13 Explained

Amos 8:13

KJV: In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

YLT: In that day faint do the fair virgins, And the young men, with thirst.

Darby: In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst;

ASV: In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Amos 8:13?

MEANING: What does Amos 8:13 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Amos 8:13 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Amos 8:13?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In that day  shall the fair  virgins  and young men  faint  for thirst. 

What does Amos 8:13 Mean?

Context Summary

Amos 8:1-14 - The Worst Famine Of All
What is more fragile than summer fruit! So beautiful, so refreshing, yet so readily corrupted and diseased. To Amos it was an emblem of the rapidity with which dissolution would overtake his rebellious nation. The end had arrived. The Great Husbandman could do no more. When the harvest has come, separation between good and bad is inevitable. See Isaiah 5:4; Matthew 13:30.
The crimes of the ruling class were enormous. Eager to increase their stores, they wearied of time given to religion. They grudged passing a day without opening their salesrooms. They did not scruple to make their measures (ephah) small, and to demand a greater weight of money (shekel) from their clients. These were crimes that could not be passed over. It is an awful sentence when God says, "I will never forget," Amos 8:7. Invasion would sweep the land like an inundation. Since the people would not heed the God-sent messengers, they would be withdrawn. There would be a famine of the Word of God, and those who had most despised it, because enamored with the fascinations of youth, would be smitten with an insatiable appetite for it. [source]

Chapter Summary: Amos 8

1  By a basket of summer fruit is shown the approach of Israel's end
4  Oppression is reproved
11  A famine of the word of God threatened

What do the individual words in Amos 8:13 mean?

In day that shall faint the virgins fair and [strong] young men from thirst
בַּיּ֨וֹם הַה֜וּא תִּ֠תְעַלַּפְנָה הַבְּתוּלֹ֧ת הַיָּפ֛וֹת וְהַבַּחוּרִ֖ים בַּצָּמָֽא

בַּיּ֨וֹם  In  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַה֜וּא  that 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
תִּ֠תְעַלַּפְנָה  shall  faint 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: עָלַף  
Sense: to cover.
הַבְּתוּלֹ֧ת  the  virgins 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: בְּתוּלָה  
Sense: virgin.
הַיָּפ֛וֹת  fair 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine plural
Root: יָפֶה  
Sense: fair, beautiful, handsome.
וְהַבַּחוּרִ֖ים  and  [strong]  young  men 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: בָּחוּר 
Sense: youth, young man.
בַּצָּמָֽא  from  thirst 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: צָמָא  
Sense: thirst.

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