HearשִׁמְעוּthisהַזֶּהwordהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas spokenדִּבֶּרagainst you,עֲלֵיכֶםchildrenבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלagainstעַלthe wholeכָּלfamilyהַמִּשְׁפָּחָהthatאֲשֶׁרI brought upהֶעֱלֵיתִיfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםsaying:לֵאמֹר
Amos 3:1
Study it in the app“Hear this word that YHWH has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 3:1, word by word
- Hearשִׁמְעוּshimu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appears- wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- has spokenדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- childrenבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- familyמִּשְׁפָּחָהmishpacha
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpacha” appears- I brought upהֶעֱלֵיתִיheeleti
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “heeleti” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will call you to account for all your iniquities.