Amos

Amos 2:9

⁹Yet it was I who destroyed

the Amorite before them,

though his height was like that of the cedars,

and he was as strong as the oaks.

Yet I destroyed his fruit above

and his roots below.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet	וְאָ֨נֹכִ֜י	wə·’ā·nō·ḵî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
who destroyed	הִשְׁמַ֤דְתִּי	hiš·maḏ·tî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular	H8045 be exterminated, destroyed
the Amorite	הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙	hā·’ĕ·mō·rî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H567 Amorites
before them	מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם	mip·pə·nê·hem	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H6440 face, before
though	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
his height	כְּגֹ֤בַהּ	kə·ḡō·ḇah	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1363 height
was like that of	גָּבְה֔וֹ	gā·ḇə·hōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1363 height
the cedars	אֲרָזִים֙	’ă·rā·zîm	Noun - masculine plural	H730 cedar
and he was	ה֖וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
as strong	וְחָסֹ֥ן	wə·ḥā·sōn	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular	H2634 strong
as the oaks	כָּֽאַלּוֹנִ֑ים	kā·’al·lō·w·nîm	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H437 oak
Yet I destroyed	וָאַשְׁמִ֤יד	wā·’aš·mîḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H8045 be exterminated, destroyed
his fruit	פִּרְיוֹ֙	pir·yōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H6529 fruit
above	מִמַּ֔עַל	mim·ma·‘al	Preposition-m; Adverb	H4605 higher part
and his roots	וְשָׁרָשָׁ֖יו	wə·šā·rā·šāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H8328 root
below	מִתָּֽחַת׃	mit·tā·ḥaṯ	Preposition-m	H8478 the under part

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 18:16 · Malachi 4:1 · Deuteronomy 2:24–33 · Genesis 15:16 · Exodus 34:11 · Numbers 13:32–33 · Deuteronomy 3:11 · Deuteronomy 9:1–3 · Numbers 13:28–29 · Numbers 21:23–25

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.