Amos 6:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עִבְרוּ כַלְנֵה וּרְאוּ וּלְכוּ מִשָּׁם חֲמַת רַבָּה וּרְדוּ גַת־פְּלִשְׁתִּים הֲטוֹבִים מִן־הַמַּמְלָכוֹת הָאֵלֶּה אִם־רַב גְּבוּלָם מִגְּבֻלְכֶם

Transliteration

ʿibrû kalnēh û- rəʾû û- ləkû from-there ḥămat rabbâ û- rədû gat-pəlištîm ?-ṭôbîm from- the mamlākôt these if- rab gəbûlām from gəbuləkem

Grammar Details

*ʿibrû*: imperative, masculine plural - pass over/cross over
*kalnēh*: proper noun - Calneh
*û-*: conjunction - and
*rəʾû*: imperative, masculine plural - see
*ləkû*: imperative, masculine plural - go
*ḥămat*: proper noun - Hamath
*rabbâ*: adjective, feminine - great
*rədû*: imperative, masculine plural - go down
*gat-pəlištîm*: construct chain - Gath of the Philistines
*ṭôbîm*: adjective, masculine plural with interrogative *hă-* - better
*mamlākôt*: feminine plural with definite article and preposition *min-* - kingdoms
*rab*: adjective - greater
*gəbûlām*: masculine noun with 3rd person plural suffix - their territory
*gəbuləkem*: masculine noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your territory

Word Meanings

*ʿibrû*: cross over/pass through/traverse
*rəʾû*: see/observe/look at
*ləkû*: go/walk/proceed
*rədû*: go down/descend
*ṭôbîm*: better/more prosperous/greater
*rab*: greater/larger/more extensive

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Referenced Verses

Nah 3:8 : 8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
Gen 10:10 : 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
2 Kgs 18:34 : 34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
2 Chr 26:6 : 6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
Isa 10:9-9 : 9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
1 Sam 17:4 : 4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
1 Sam 17:23 : 23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
1 Kgs 8:65 : 65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
2 Kgs 17:24 : 24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
2 Kgs 17:30 : 30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
Isa 36:18-19 : 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
Isa 37:12-13 : 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
Jer 2:10-11 : 10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Ezek 31:2-3 : 2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? 3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
2 Kgs 19:13 : 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?

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