Amos 5:25

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

הזבחים הַזְּבָחִים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

ha

Definition

? (interrog.)

Root

Interrogative particle

Exhaustive

the / or (interrog. particle)

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

זבח

zebach

Definition

properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)

Root

from H2076 (זבח);

Exhaustive

from זבח; properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act); offer(-ing), sacrifice.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2077

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זֶבַח

noun masculine • Root זבח • Strongs / High • Page 424

1. A victim, a sacrifice, generally employed in the sense of a sacrifice. 2. Figurative: a great slaughter. 3. A banquet, a meal. 4. (sacrifice) n. p. m.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

זֶבַח

noun masculine • Root זבח • Page 197

1. an animal killed, a repast on animals killed. Gen. 31:54, Ezek. 39:17, Prov. 17:1. 2. a sacrifice, partly in opposition to the unbloody offering (מִנְחָה), 1 Sam. 2:29, Ps. 40:7, and partly in opposition to the burnt-offering (עוֹלָה). Ex. 10:25, Lev. 17:8, Num. 15:5.

Particle definite article, Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: θυσίαν θυσίασ θυσία θυσιῶν θύματα

LXX Usage Statistics

H2077:

θυσίαν 51× (31.9%)

θυσίασ 42× (26.0%)

θυσία 12× (8.4%)

θυσιῶν 9× (5.0%)

θύματα 6× (3.7%)

θυσίαι 6× (3.6%)

θυσίαισ 4× (2.4%)

θυσιάσματα 3× (1.7%)

θυμάτων 3× (1.6%)

--- 2× (1.4%)

ומנחה וּמִנְחָ֜ה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

מנחה

minchâh

Definition

a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)

Root

from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary); gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4503

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מִנְחָה

noun feminine • Root מנה • Strongs / High • Page 873

A present, gift, offered to a noble or a king; tribute, impost; particularly what is presented to God, a sacrifice, especially a meat and drink offering.

מִנְחָה

aram. fem. (aramaic) • Root מנה • Strongs / High • Page 873

Aramaic feminine noun, same as the Hebrew word.

מִנְחָה

noun feminine • Root מנא מנה • Strongs / High • Page 875

A contribution or appointed gift, for the king, priests, Levites, or singers. Can also mean a portion, lot, or portion of prey.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מִנְחָה

f. verbal • Root מנה • Page 386

A present, gift (Gen. 32:14); particularly a present or offering to the deity, such as a meat or drink offering (Gen. 4:3-5, Lev. 2:1); a sacrifice and offering (Ps. 40:7); a tribute, custom, to a ruling nation (2 Sam. 8:2,6, 1 K. 5:1).

מִנְחָה

chald. • Page 386

Same as the Hebrew (idem). Ref: Dan. 2:46, Ezra 7:17.

Conjunction, Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX: θυσίαν θυσίασ δῶρα θυσία θυσίαι

LXX Usage Statistics

H4503:

θυσίαν 67× (30.1%)

θυσίασ 30× (13.9%)

δῶρα 25× (12.4%)

θυσία 24× (11.8%)

θυσίαι 19× (8.2%)

μαναα 17× (7.8%)

--- 4× (2.1%)

ξένια 3× (1.6%)

σεμίδαλιν 3× (1.5%)

'' 3× (1.4%)

הגשתם הִגַּשְׁתֶּם־

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נגש

nâgash

Definition

to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back; (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5066

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נָגַשׁ

verb • Root נגש • Strongs / High • Page 945

Intransitive verb. 1. to near, to approach, to join; to have intercourse; to draw near to God, perform priestly services; to attack. 2. to near away, hence to remove from others, withdraw.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָגַשׁ

verb • Page 427

not used in the pret. Kal, but instead of it the pret. Niph. נִגַּשׁ, fut. Kal יִגַּשׁ, to draw near, to approach. Gen. 19:9. Particularly (1.) to approach a woman, to have conjugal intercourse with her. Ex. 19:15. (2.) to draw near to Jehovah, to turn to him. Is. 29:13. Hiph. הִגִּישׁ 1. to lead or bring near, as persons. Gen. 48:10, 13. 2. to bring near, as things. Gen. 27:25. Particularly offerings, Am. 5:25. 3. to cause to penetrate. Job 40:19. 4. to draw near. Am. 9:10. Is. 41:22. 45:21. Hoph. הֻגַּשׁ pass. of Hiph. no. 1. 2 Sam. 3:34. of no. 2. Mal. 1:11. Hithpa. to draw near. Is. 45:20.

Verb Hiphil perfect second person masculine plural

LXX: προσήγαγεν προσαγάγετε ἤγγισεν ἤγγισαν προσῆλθεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H5066:

προσήγαγεν 9× (6.5%)

προσαγάγετε 7× (5.7%)

ἤγγισεν 6× (4.5%)

ἤγγισαν 6× (4.4%)

προσῆλθεν 6× (4.4%)

ἐγγιεῖ 4× (3.2%)

προσῆλθον 3× (2.2%)

ἐγγίσασ 3× (2.2%)

προσάγαγε 3× (2.5%)

ἐγγ 3× (2.5%)

לי לִי

to myself

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ל

lə

Definition

to, for

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(lamed) — to / toward / for

Core value: orientation, directionality, belonging
ל is often mistranslated as purpose (“in order to”), but that smuggles in future-time. In reality, ל marks:
- movement toward,
- dedication unto,
- reference with respect to.
Aonically, ל is vectorial, not teleological.
not “for the sake of a future outcome”
but “oriented toward a locus or pole.”
This is why possession (“belongs to”) and motion (“toward”) use the same preposition: both indicate relational alignment, not time.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ני

Definition

me, personal pronoun - verb/prep. suffix: 1st person common singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 1st person singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9030

Preposition, Suffix pronominal first person both singular

במדבר בַמִּדְבָּר

in the Desolate/Word-Wilderness

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

מדבר

midbâr

Definition

a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

Root

from H1696 (דבר) in the sense of driving;

Exhaustive

from דבר in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs); desert, south, speech, wilderness.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4057

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מִדְבָּר

noun • Root דבר • Strongs / High • Page 351

Wilderness, pasture. Derived from דָּבַר II (to lead cattle to pasture).

מִדְבָּר

noun masculine • Root דבר • Strongs / High • Page 810

1. pasture, pasture land, a plain where grass plots are dried up from want of rain; then a steppe. 2. a dry, sterile wilderness. 3. lodge; then a desert generally, an uninhabited, forsaken place.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מִדְבָּר

m. verbal / dec. ii. b. • Root דבר • Page 355

1. Speech (Cant. 4:3). 2. A wilderness, uncultivated barren country (Ps. 65:13). 3. An actual waste, a sandy desert (Is. 32:15).

Preposition -Within Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἐρήμῳ ἔρημον ἐρήμου ἔρημοσ pεἰσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4057b:

ἐρήμῳ 128× (40.3%)

ἔρημον 60× (21.3%)

ἐρήμου 42× (15.1%)

ἔρημοσ 10× (4.2%)

pεἰσ 7× (3.0%)

ὡσ 6× (2.7%)

'' 6× (2.3%)

--- 2× (0.9%)

πεδίον 2× (0.8%)

ארבעים אַרְבָּעִים

fours/forty

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ארבעים

ʼarbâʻîym

Definition

forty

Root

multiple of H702 (ארבע);

Exhaustive

multiple of ארבע; forty; -forty.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H705

Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0705:

No stats available

שנה שָׁנָה

duplicate

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שנה

shâneh

Definition

a year (as a revolution of time)

Root

(in plural or (feminine) שנה; from H8138 (שנה);

Exhaustive

(in plural or (feminine) שנה; from שנה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8141

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שֵׁנָה

noun feminine • Root ישן • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1459

Sleep; also sleep of death; figuratively, a dreamy, torpid thing.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁנָה

verb • Root שנה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1458

I. 1. tr. same as שָׁנָה I., properly to fold together two things, to double; hence to repeat, to do again, iterare. 2. intr. to be changeable, to change; to be fickle, or to be otherwise, different; to return, to be repeated; to copy; of time, to run a circuit.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁנָה

verb • Root שנה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1458

II. (Not used) intransitive, same as שָׁוָא II. to shine, to glitter, to lighten.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שְׁנָה

f. chald. • Page 690

a year. Plur. שְׁנִין. Dan. 6: 1.

שֵׁנָה

noun feminine • Root ישן • Page 690

sleep, a dream. Ps. 90: 5.

שָׁנָה

verb • Page 690

1. to alter, to change or be changed. Mal. 3: 6; Lam. 4: 1. 2. to be different, diverse. Est. 1: 7; 3: 8. 3. to be of a different opinion. Prov. 24: 21. 4. to repeat, to do a second time. Neh. 13: 21; 1 Sam. 26: 8. Pi. to change, alter (promise, way, garments, or countenance). Ps. 89: 35; Jer. 2: 36; 52: 33; Job 14: 20. Pu. to be changed, disfigured. Ecc. 8: 1. Hithpa. to disguise one's self. 1 K. 14: 2.

שָׁנָה

noun feminine • Root שנה • Page 690

a year, perhaps literally a repetition or return of the same seasons. Deut. 14: 22; 1 Sam. 7: 16; Gen. 7: 11. Dual שְׁנָתַיִם two years. Gen. 41: 1; Jer. 28: 3.

Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX: ἔτη ἔτει ἐτῶν ἐνιαυτοῦ ἐνιαυτῷ

LXX Usage Statistics

H8141:

ἔτη 287× (33.8%)

ἔτει 132× (13.0%)

ἐτῶν 114× (13.4%)

ἐνιαυτοῦ 35× (3.7%)

ἐνιαυτῷ 32× (2.8%)

ἐνιαυτὸν 30× (3.3%)

εἰκοσαετοῦσ 29× (3.0%)

ἔτουσ 26× (2.9%)

'' 23× (2.4%)

ἐνιαύσιον 20× (2.4%)

בית בֵּית

house

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בית

bayith

Definition

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

Root

probably from H1129 (בנה) abbreviated;

Exhaustive

probably from בנה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1004

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בִּית

verb • Root בית • Consonantal / Medium • Page 230

To pass the night.

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine • Root בות • Consonantal / Medium • Page 237

house in the widest sense, consequently also tent, hut, tower, palace, temple

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 239

The same [as Hebrew 'house']; king's house; temple; treasury; banquet-house.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בַּּיִת

noun • Page 97

A city of Moab, Is. 15:2. Elsewhere written more in full as בֵּית בַּעַל מְעוֹן.

בַּיִת

noun masculine • Root בות • Page 96

1. House, dwelling (Gen. 15:3, Ecc. 2:7). 2. Tent (Gen. 33:17, 2 K. 23:7). 3. Palace, temple (Gen. 12:15, 1 Sam. 5:2, 1 K. 4:6, Is. 14:18). 4. Applied to part of a house or palace, e.g., banqueting-hall (Est. 7:8) or harem (Est. 2:3). 5. Repository, place, or container of any thing, e.g., smelling bottles (Is. 3:20), places for staves (Ex. 26:29), spider's web (Job 8:14), trench (1 K. 18:32), or tomb (Neh. 2:3). 6. The inner part, within (Ex. 28:26, Gen. 6:14). 7. Figuratively: family, kindred, tribe, people (Ex. 12:4, Gen. 7:1, Hos. 8:1). 8. Particularly posterity (Ruth 4:11, 2 Sam. 7:27). 9. Strictly one's father's house (Gen. 24:23, 46:31, Num. 1:2).

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: οἶκον οἴκου οἴκῳ οἶκοσ pεἰσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1004b:

οἶκον 503× (20.8%)

οἴκου 413× (18.3%)

οἴκῳ 323× (12.8%)

οἶκοσ 163× (7.1%)

pεἰσ 92× (4.6%)

οἴκουσ 89× (3.7%)

οἰκίαν 75× (3.1%)

pἐν 70× (3.4%)

--- 57× (2.8%)

'' 54× (2.3%)

ישראל יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

God-Contends

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ישראל

Yisrâʼêl

Definition

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Root

from H8280 (שרה) and H410 (אל); he will rule as God;

Exhaustive

from שרה and אל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3478

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יִשְׂרָאֵל

noun proper masculine • Root שרה • Strongs / High • Page 662

A proper name with multiple meanings: the patriarch Jacob; the Israelite people; an honorary title for the pious; the northern kingdom of Israel; the whole kingdom after the exile.

יִשְׂרָאֵל

noun proper masculine • Root ישר • Strongs / High • Page 662

A proper name, meaning 'El is a true, honest one.' Described as a ground-form to יְשַׂרְאֵלָה.

Noun proper name

LXX: ισραηλ '' --- ιακωβ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3478:

ισραηλ 2245× (92.9%)

'' 57× (2.1%)

--- 50× (2.2%)

ισραηλ 8× (0.3%)

ιακωβ 4× (0.2%)

t? 4× (0.1%)

ιερουσαλημ 4× (0.2%)

[b] 3× (0.1%)

ισραηλίτου 3× (0.1%)

ισραηλίτιδοσ 3× (0.1%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Did ye bring near to me sacrifices and gifts in the desert forty years, O house of Israel?

LITV Translation:
Have you brought near sacrifices and food offerings to Me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Have ye offered to me victims and sacrifices, O house of Israel, forty years in the wilderness?