Amos

Amos 9:7

⁷“Are you not like the Cushites^b to Me,

O children of Israel?”

declares the LORD.

“Did I not bring Israel

up from the land of Egypt,

the Philistines from Caphtor,^c

and the Arameans from Kir?

Footnotes

b 9:7 That is, people from the upper Nile region
c 9:7 That is, Crete

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Are you not	הֲל֣וֹא	hă·lō·w	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
like the Cushites	כֻשִׁיִּ֨ים	ḵu·šî·yîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H3569 Cushite
to Me	לִ֛י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
O children	בְּנֵ֥י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
declares	נְאֻם־	nə·’um-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
Did I not	הֲל֣וֹא	hă·lō·w	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
bring	הֶעֱלֵ֙יתִי֙	he·‘ĕ·lê·ṯî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
up from the land	מֵאֶ֣רֶץ	mê·’e·reṣ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of Egypt	מִצְרַ֔יִם	miṣ·ra·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
the Philistines	וּפְלִשְׁתִּיִּ֥ים	ū·p̄ə·liš·tî·yîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine
from Caphtor	מִכַּפְתּ֖וֹר	mik·kap̄·tō·wr	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3731 Crete
and the Arameans	וַאֲרָ֥ם	wa·’ă·rām	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H758 Aram
from Kir	מִקִּֽיר׃	miq·qîr	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H7024 wall

Cross-references

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

Jeremiah 47:4 · 2 Kings 16:9 · Deuteronomy 2:23 · Jeremiah 9:25–26 · Amos 2:10 · Jeremiah 13:23 · Amos 1:5 · Isaiah 20:4 · Isaiah 22:6 · Hosea 12:13

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.