Amos · עָמוֹס

Amos 7:14

וַיַּ֤עַן עָמוֹס֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־אֲמַצְיָ֔ה לֹא־נָבִ֣יא אָנֹ֔כִי וְלֹ֥א בֶן־נָבִ֖יא אָנֹ֑כִי כִּֽי־בוֹקֵ֥ר אָנֹ֖כִי וּבוֹלֵ֥ס שִׁקְמִֽים׃
vayaʿan ʿamvos vayoʾmer ʾel-ʾamaṣyah loʾ-nabiyʾ ʾanokiy vloʾ ben-nabiyʾ ʾanokiy kiy-bvoqer ʾanokiy vbvoles shiqmiym
King James Version (KJV)

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I {was} no prophet, neither {was} I a prophet's son; but I {was} an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: {sycomore...: or, wild figs}

Modern English

Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;

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