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Amos 2:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.


Amos 2:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Amos 2:917 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אָ֨נֹכִ֜יwəʾānōkiy
and IconjH595
me · which
הִשְׁמַ֤דְתִּיhišəmadətiy
I destroyedverbH8045
bring to nought · overthrow · perish · pluck down ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָֽ/אֱמֹרִי֙hāʾĕmōriy
the AmoritesparticleH567
מִ/פְּנֵי/הֶ֔םmipənēyhem
from before thempronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
כְּ/גֹ֤בַהּkəgōbah
was like the height ofpronH1363
haughty · height · high · loftiness ···
אֲרָזִים֙ʾărāziym
cedarsnounH730
גָּבְה֔/וֹgābəhwō
height hisnounH1363
haughty · height · high · loftiness ···
וְ/חָסֹ֥ןwəḥāsōn
and is strongconjH2634
ה֖וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
כָּֽ/אַלּוֹנִ֑יםkāʾalwōniym
like oakspronH437
וָ/אַשְׁמִ֤ידwāʾašəmiyd
and I destroyedconjH8045
bring to nought · overthrow · perish · pluck down ···
פִּרְי/וֹ֙pirəywō
fruit hisnounH6529
fruit · reward
מִ/מַּ֔עַלmimaʿal
abovepronH4605
exceeding · forward · on high · over ···
וְ/שָׁרָשָׁ֖י/וwəšārāšāyw
and roots hisconjH8328
deep · heel · root
מִ/תָּֽחַתmitāḥat
beneathpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Amara DialloNote1mo ago
Hope in suffering - Amos 2
God is faithful in every circumstance. My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. The early church would have heard this very differently...
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