Amos

Amos 6:14

¹⁴For behold, I will raise up a nation

against you, O house of Israel,”

declares the LORD, the God of Hosts,

“and they will oppress you

from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֡י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
behold	הִנְנִי֩	hin·nî	Interjection; first person common singular	H2005 lo! behold
I will raise up	מֵקִ֨ים	mê·qîm	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
a nation	גּ֑וֹי	gō·w	Noun - masculine singular	H1471 nation, people
against you	עֲלֵיכֶ֜ם	‘ă·lê·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural	H5921 height
O house	בֵּ֣ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
declares	נְאֻם־	nə·’um-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the LORD	יְהוָ֛ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
the God	אֱלֹהֵ֥י	’ĕ·lō·hê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H430 God
of Hosts	הַצְּבָא֖וֹת	haṣ·ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ	Article; Noun - common plural	H6635 army, war, warfare
and they will oppress	וְלָחֲצ֥וּ	wə·lā·ḥă·ṣū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H3905 squeeze, press
you	אֶתְכֶ֛ם	’eṯ·ḵem	Direct object marker; second person masculine plural	H853 mark of the accusative
from Lebo-hamath	מִלְּב֥וֹא	mil·lə·ḇō·w	Preposition-m, Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the Brook	נַ֥חַל	na·ḥal	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5158 torrent, torrent-valley, wady
of the Arabah	הָעֲרָבָֽה׃ס	hā·‘ă·rā·ḇāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H6160 desert-plain, steppe

Cross-references

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

1 Kings 8:65 · 2 Kings 14:25 · Jeremiah 5:15–17

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.