Amos 6:2
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?”
עָבַר
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
גְּבוּל
is territory/ their
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גְּבוּל
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
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מִן
more than
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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רַב
great
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רַב
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
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כַּלְנֶה
Calneh
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כַּלְנֶה
Calneh or Calno, a place in the Assyrian empire
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פְּלִשְׁתִּי
of the Philistines
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פְּלִשְׁתִּי
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
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גַּת
Gath
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גַּת
Gath, a Philistine city
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חֲמַת רַבָּה
Hamath-
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חֲמַת רַבָּה
Chamath-Rabbah
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