ke.va.rah denotes the sieve in Amos’s image of grain being shaken so that pebbles do not fall to the ground.

The term names the sieve in Amos 9:9, where grain is shaken and pebbles are kept from falling to the land.

1. Sieve used in shaking grain · dominant

   In Amos 9:9, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the comparison of Israel being shaken among the nations. The APB renders the image as grain shaken “in the sieve so that not a pebble falls to the land.”

   Amos 9:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Amos 9:9, the APB presents the term within the image of grain shaken “in the sieve.” The clause rather than the English noun alone identifies its contribution.