Amos

Amos 5:14

¹⁴Seek good, not evil,

so that you may live.

And the LORD, the God of Hosts,

will be with you, as you have claimed.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Seek	דִּרְשׁוּ־	dir·šū-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H1875 resort to, seek
good	ט֥וֹב	ṭō·wḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
not	וְאַל־	wə·’al-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
evil	רָ֖ע	rā‘	Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil
so that	לְמַ֣עַן	lə·ma·‘an	Conjunction	H4616 purpose, intent
you may live	תִּֽחְי֑וּ	tiḥ·yū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H2421 live
And the LORD	יְהוָ֧ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
the God	אֱלֹהֵֽי־	’ĕ·lō·hê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H430 God
of Hosts	צְבָא֛וֹת	ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ	Noun - common plural	H6635 army, war, warfare
will be	וִיהִי־	wî·hî-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
with you	אִתְּכֶ֖ם	’it·tə·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural	H854 with
as	כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you have claimed	אֲמַרְתֶּֽם׃	’ă·mar·tem	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H559 utter, say

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.