Cross overעִבְרוּto Calnehכַלְנֵהand see,וּרְאוּand goוּלְכוּfrom thereמִשָּׁםto Hamathחֲמַתthe great,רַבָּהand go downוּרְדוּto Gathגַתof the Philistines.פְּלִשְׁתּיםAre they betterהֲטוֹבִיםthanמִןtheseהָאֵלֶּהkingdoms?הַמַּמְלָכוֹתOrאִםis their territoryגְּבוּלָםgreaterרַבthan your territory?מִגְּבֻלְכֶם
Amos 6:2
Study it in the app“Cross over to Calneh and see, and go from there to Hamath the great, and go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 6:2, word by word
- Cross overעִבְרוּivru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ivru” appears- to Calnehכַלְנֵהchalne
Calneh
Calneh, a city in Mesopotamia or Syria; which one is not certain.
Where else “chalne” appears- and seeרְאוּreu
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reu” appears- and goלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- to Hamathחֲמַתchamat
Hamath the great
"Hamath-rabbah": Hamath the great, a city in Syria.
Where else “chamat” appears- and go downרְדוּredu
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “redu” appears- to Gathגַתgat
Gath
See it on the mapWhere else “gat” appears- of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתּיםpelishtym
Philistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtym” appears- Are they betterטוֹבִיםtovim
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tovim” appears- kingdomsמַּמְלָכוֹתmamlachot
kingdom
A land ruled by a king.
Where else “mamlachot” appears- is their territoryגְּבוּלָgevula
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevula” appears- greaterרַבrav
great
Of great size or power; the one who stands out.
Where else “rav” appears
Places in this verse
Gath ?
Today: possibly Tell es-Safi (Tel Zafit), Israel
A Philistine city at the edge of the coastal plain; its exact site is not certain.
Goliath was from Gath (1 Sam 17:4). David fled from Saul to Gath and pretended to be insane (1 Sam 21:10-13).
The context
1Woe to those at ease in Zion, and those who trust in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes!
2 · This verse (above)
3Those who put far away the evil day and bring near the seat of violence;