Amos 2:11
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
And I raise of your sons for prophets, And of your choice ones for Nazarites, Is not this true, O sons of Israel? An affirmation of Jehovah.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
I raised up
וָאָקִ֤ים (wā·’ā·qîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

prophets
לִנְבִיאִ֔ים (lin·ḇî·’îm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

from your sons
מִבְּנֵיכֶם֙ (mib·bə·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

and Nazirites
לִנְזִרִ֑ים (lin·zi·rîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5139: Nazirite -- one consecrated, devoted

from your young men.
וּמִבַּחוּרֵיכֶ֖ם (ū·mib·ba·ḥū·rê·ḵem)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 970: Selected, a youth

Is this
זֹ֛את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

not
אֵֽין־ (’ên-)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

true,
הַאַ֥ף (ha·’ap̄)
Conjunction
Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though

O children
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Israel?”
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5002: An oracle

the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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