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And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD . (KJV)
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וָאָקִ֤יםva.'a.Kimand I raised up
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965I
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhw1cs)
Meaning: to arise: establish
Used 174 times. Also: Genesis 6:18, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:11, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6965I; TAHOT Amos 2:11 word 1
מִבְּנֵיכֶם֙mi.be.nei.Khemsome of sons your
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Amos 2:11 word 2
לִנְבִיאִ֔יםlin.vi.'Imto prophets
Lemma: נָבִיא (na.vi) · Strong's: H5030
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: prophet
Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 20:7, Exodus 7:1, Numbers 11:29, Numbers 12:6, Deuteronomy 13:1, Deuteronomy 13:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5030; TAHOT Amos 2:11 word 3
וּמִבַּחוּרֵיכֶ֖םu.mi.ba.chu.rei.Khemand some of young men your
Lemma: בָּחוּר (ba.chur) · Strong's: H0970
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: youth
Used 44 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:25, Judges 14:10, Ruth 3:10, 1 Samuel 8:16, 1 Samuel 9:2, 2 Kings 8:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0970; TAHOT Amos 2:11 word 4
לִנְזִרִ֑יםlin.zi.Rimto Nazirites
Lemma: נָזִיר (na.zir) · Strong's: H5139
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Nazirite
Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 49:26, Leviticus 25:5, Leviticus 25:11, Numbers 6:2, Numbers 6:13, Numbers 6:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5139; TAHOT Amos 2:11 word 5
הַאַ֥ףha.'Af¿ also
Lemma: אַף (aph) · Strong's: H0637
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: also
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:1, Genesis 18:13, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 40:16, Leviticus 26:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0637; TAHOT Amos 2:11 word 6
אֵֽין\־'ein-not
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Amos 2:11 word 7
זֹ֛אתzot[is] this
Lemma: זֹאת (zot) · Strong's: H2063
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 603 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 12:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2063; TAHOT Amos 2:11 word 8
בְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiO people of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Amos 2:11 word 9
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsrael
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Amos 2:11 word 10
נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance of
Lemma: נְאֻם (ne.um) · Strong's: H5002
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: utterance
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 22:16, Numbers 14:28, Numbers 24:3, Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:15, Numbers 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5002; TAHOT Amos 2:11 word 11
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Amos 2:11 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I raised up | → | קוּם H6965I to arise: establish |
| prophets | → | נָבִיא H5030 prophet |
| from your sons | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| and Nazirites | → | נָזִיר H5139 Nazirite |
| from your young men | → | בָּחוּר H0970 youth |
| Is this | → | זֹאת H2063 this |
| not | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| true | → | אַף H0637 also |
| O children | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Israel | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
| declares | → | נְאֻם H5002 utterance |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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