Amos 2:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

Young's Literal Translation
And I—I have destroyed the Amorite from before them, Whose height [is] as the height of cedars, And strong he [is] as the oaks, And I destroy his fruit from above, And his roots from beneath.

King James Bible
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height [was] like the height of the cedars, and he [was] strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

Hebrew
Yet [it was] I
וְאָ֨נֹכִ֜י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

who destroyed
הִשְׁמַ֤דְתִּי (hiš·maḏ·tî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed

the Amorite
הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ (hā·’ĕ·mō·rî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 567: Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe

before them,
מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם (mip·pə·nê·hem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face

though
אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

his height
כְּגֹ֤בַהּ (kə·ḡō·ḇah)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1363: Elation, grandeur, arrogance

was like that of
גָּבְה֔וֹ (gā·ḇə·hōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1363: Elation, grandeur, arrogance

the cedars,
אֲרָזִים֙ (’ă·rā·zîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 730: A cedar tree

and he was
ה֖וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

as strong
וְחָסֹ֥ן (wə·ḥā·sōn)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2634: Powerful

as the oaks;
כָּֽאַלּוֹנִ֑ים (kā·’al·lō·w·nîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 437: An oak, other strong tree

yet I destroyed
וָאַשְׁמִ֤יד (wā·’aš·mîḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed

his fruit
פִּרְיוֹ֙ (pir·yōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6529: Fruit

above
מִמַּ֔עַל (mim·ma·‘al)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top

and his roots
וְשָׁרָשָׁ֖יו (wə·šā·rā·šāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8328: A root

below.
מִתָּֽחַת׃ (mit·tā·ḥaṯ)
Preposition-m
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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