Amos 8:13
"In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. After the word, for want of that grain and wine, which make young men and maids cheerful,

Zac 9:17 ; but, being destitute of them, should be covered with sorrow, overwhelmed with grief, and ready to sink and die away. These, according to some, design the congregation of Israel; who are like to beautiful virgins, as the Targum paraphrases it; and the principal men of it, the masters of the assemblies: or, as others, such who were trusting to their own righteousness, and seeking after that which they could never attain justification by, and did not hunger and thirst after the righteousness of Christ, and so perished.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (7 words)

H3117 יוֹם
Definition:

5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo 5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo

H1931 הוּא
Definition:

23Kt, seeהוּא.הוּאmasculineהִיאfeminine(plural masculineהֵ֫מָּה,הֵם; feminineהֵ֫נָּה,הֵן[the latter only with prefixes]; see these words),pronoun of the 3rd person singular,he, she, used also(in both 23Kt, seeהוּא.הוּאmasculineהִיאfeminine(plural masculineהֵ֫מָּה,הֵם; feminineהֵ֫נָּה,הֵן[the latter only with prefixes]; see these words),pronoun of the 3rd person singular,he, she, used also(in both

H5968 עָלַף
Definition:

14his belly if ivoryencrusted withsapphires.Perfect3pluralבָּנַיִךְ עֻלְּפוּIsaiah 51:20thy sons are enshrouded, enwrapped, i.e. their senses obscured =have swooned away; so alsoEzekiel 31:15, reading 14his belly if ivoryencrusted withsapphires.Perfect3pluralבָּנַיִךְ עֻלְּפוּIsaiah 51:20thy sons are enshrouded, enwrapped, i.e. their senses obscured =have swooned away; so alsoEzekiel 31:15, reading

Possible Meanings:
  • cover (semantic_range)
  • covered (semantic_range)
  • enwrap oneself (semantic_range)
  • swoon away (semantic_range)
H1330 בְּתוּלָה
Definition:

56 see JeremZA 1886, 399; Late Hebrewבְּתוּלָא,) —Genesis 24:1619t.; constructבְּתוּלַתDeuteronomy 22:1912t.; pluralבְּתוּלוֺתEsther 2:27t.;בְּתֻלוֺתZechariah 9:17;בְּתוּלֹתExodus 22:162t.;בְּתֻלֹתLam 56 see JeremZA 1886, 399; Late Hebrewבְּתוּלָא,) —Genesis 24:1619t.; constructבְּתוּלַתDeuteronomy 22:1912t.; pluralבְּתוּלוֺתEsther 2:27t.;בְּתֻלוֺתZechariah 9:17;בְּתוּלֹתExodus 22:162t.;בְּתֻלֹתLam

Possible Meanings:
  • virgin (semantic_range)
H3303 יָפֶה
Definition:

254t.; constructיְפֵהGenesis 39:6(twice in verse) + 6 t.; feminineיָפָהGenesis 12:1414t.; constructיְפַת;Genesis 2:11+ 6 t.; suffixיָפָתִיSongs 2:10,13; pluralיָפוֺתJob 42:15;Amos 8:13; constructיְפוֺ 254t.; constructיְפֵהGenesis 39:6(twice in verse) + 6 t.; feminineיָפָהGenesis 12:1414t.; constructיְפַת;Genesis 2:11+ 6 t.; suffixיָפָתִיSongs 2:10,13; pluralיָפוֺתJob 42:15;Amos 8:13; constructיְפוֺ

Possible Meanings:
  • fair (semantic_range)
  • beautiful (semantic_range)
H0970 בָּחוּר
Definition:

57t.; pluralבַּחוּרִים(intensive with daghesh forte implicit)Proverbs 20:2913t.; constructבַּחוּרֵיEzekiel 23:64t.; suffixבַּחוּרַיetc.Lamentations 1:1816t.; —young man(choice, in the prime of manhood 57t.; pluralבַּחוּרִים(intensive with daghesh forte implicit)Proverbs 20:2913t.; constructבַּחוּרֵיEzekiel 23:64t.; suffixבַּחוּרַיetc.Lamentations 1:1816t.; —young man(choice, in the prime of manhood

H6772 צָמָא
Definition:

3+, suffixצְמָאִיPsalm 69:22, etc.; —Exodus 17:3(E),Judges 15:18;Hosea 2:5;Amos 8:13;Lamentations 4:4;Nehemiah 9:20;Psalm 69:22; ""רָעָבIsaiah 5:13(van d. H.צָמָה),Deuteronomy 28:48;Nehemiah 9:15; 2Ch 3+, suffixצְמָאִיPsalm 69:22, etc.; —Exodus 17:3(E),Judges 15:18;Hosea 2:5;Amos 8:13;Lamentations 4:4;Nehemiah 9:20;Psalm 69:22; ""רָעָבIsaiah 5:13(van d. H.צָמָה),Deuteronomy 28:48;Nehemiah 9:15; 2Ch

Possible Meanings:
  • thirsty (semantic_range)

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