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Amos 9:7

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3808 not הלוא

H1121 as children כבני

H3569 of the Ethiopians כשׁיים

H859 Are ye אתם

H1121 unto me O children לי בני

H3478 of Israel ישׂראל

H5002 saith נאם

H3068 the LORD יהוה

H3808 Have not הלוא

H853 את

H3478 Israel ישׂראל

H5927 I brought up העליתי

H776 מארץ

H4714 of Egypt מצרים

H6430 and the Philistines ופלשׁתיים

H3731 מכפתור

H758 and the Syrians וארם

H7024 מקיר׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Are

H859 ye

H3808 not

H1121 children

the

H3569 Ethiopians

unto

H1121 children

H3478 Israel

H5002 saith

the

H3068 LORD

Have

H3808 not

brought

H5927 up

H3478 Israel

out

the

H4480 land

H4714 Egypt

and

the

H6430 Philistines

from

H4480 Caphtor

and

the

H758 Syrians

from

H4480 Kir

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H3731

Hebrew: כַּפְתֹּר

Transliteration: Kaphtôr

Pronunciation: kaf-tore'

Part of Speech: Proper Name Location

Bible Usage: Caphtor.

Definition:

Caphtor (that {is} a wreath shaped {island}) the original seat of the Philistines

Caphtor = "a crown"

1. the original home of the Philistines, perhaps on the southwest coast of Asia Minor, maybe in Egypt or close by, or more probably on the island of Crete

2. the island of Crete, homeland or staging area of the Philistines

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906