Original Language Studio
Amos 4:11
“I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2015 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
- Grammar
- הָפַ֣כְתִּי — verb Qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 94 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:24Genesis 19:21Genesis 19:25Genesis 19:29Exodus 7:15
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read הָפַךְ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.