Amos 3:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁמְע֞וּ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַ֚ל כָּל־הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר הֶעֱלֵ֛יתִי מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם לֵאמֹֽר׃

Transliteration

Šimʿû ʾet-ha-dāvār ha-zeh, ʾăšer dibber YHWH ʿălêkem bənê Yiśrāʾēl, ʿal kol-ha-mišpāḥâ ʾăšer heʿĕlêtî mēʾereṣ Miṣrayim lēʾmōr

Grammar Details

*Šimʿû*: imperative plural - hear/listen
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ha-dāvār*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the word
*ha-zeh*: definite article + demonstrative, masculine singular - this
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - whom/which
*dibber*: Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - spoke/has spoken
*YHWH*: divine name, subject
*ʿălêkem*: preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - against/concerning you
*bənê*: construct masculine plural - sons of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*ʿal*: preposition - concerning/against
*kol*: construct - all of
*ha-mišpāḥâ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the family/clan
*heʿĕlêtî*: Hiphil perfect, 1st singular - I brought up
*mēʾereṣ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - from land of
*Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*lēʾmōr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying

Word Meanings

*Šimʿû*: hear/listen/obey
*dāvār*: word/matter/thing/speech
*dibber*: spoke/declared/pronounced
*ʿălêkem*: against you/concerning you/about you
*mišpāḥâ*: family/clan/tribe
*heʿĕlêtî*: brought up/caused to ascend/lifted

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Referenced Verses

Amos 2:10 : 10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
Jer 8:3 : 3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
Jer 31:1 : 1 At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
Jer 33:24-26 : 24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
Ezek 37:16-17 : 16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: 17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
Hos 4:1 : 1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Hos 5:1 : 1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
Mic 3:1 : 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
Rev 2:29 : 29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
2 Chr 20:15 : 15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
Isa 46:3 : 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
Isa 48:12 : 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

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