Amos 8:5
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Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
In other translations
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
Hebrew words
לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559מָתַיmataiwhen?H4970יַעֲבֹרya'avorwill it passH5674הַחֹדֶשׁhachodeshthe new moonH2320וְנַשְׁבִּירָהvenashbirahso we may sell grainH7666שֶּׁבֶרshevergrainH7668וְהַשַּׁבָּתvehashshabatand the sabbathH7676וְנִפְתְּחָה־veniftechah-so we may openH6605בָּרbargrainH1250לְהַקְטִיןlehaktinto make smallH6994אֵיפָה'eifahan ephahH374וּלְהַגְדִּילulehagdiland to make greatH1431שֶׁקֶלshekela shekelH8255וּלְעַוֵּתule'avetand to falsifyH5791מֹאזְנֵיmozneibalances ofH3976מִרְמָה׃mirmahdeceitH4820
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