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Amoschapter 5

27 verses · Amos · about 760 BC · The Twelve

Original Language

Amos 5— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Amos 5. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

The yearly cycle does not read Amos 5. The Haftarah is drawn from the Prophets a passage at a time rather than continuously, so most chapters of most prophetic books are never read in the service, and this is one of them.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

4 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 4 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

They hate the man who reproves in the gate10

Amos 5:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

שָׂנְא֥וּsaneuthey hateH8130בַשַּׁ֖עַרvashaarin the gateH8179מוֹכִ֑יחַmokhiach[one who] reprovesH3198וְדֹבֵ֥רvedoverand [one who] speaksH1696תָּמִ֖יםtamimblamelessH8549יְתָעֵֽבוּ׃yetaevuthey abhorH8581

Rashi on Amos 5:10

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
They hated him who reproves them in the gate —You do not fear Him or His prophets, and you hated those who reprove you in the gates of the courts.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

Amos 5:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

לָכֵ֗ןlakhen<to> thereforeH3651הַמַּשְׂכִּ֛ילhamaskilthe prudent [person]H7919בָּעֵ֥תbaetat the timeH6256הַהִ֖יאhahi'<the> thatH1931יִדֹּ֑םyidomhe will be silentH1826כִּ֛יkiforH3588עֵ֥תʾet[is] a timeH6256רָעָ֖הraahevilH7451הִֽיא׃hi'itH1931

Rashi on Amos 5:13

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
the prudent —Whoever is wise shall keep silent when the evil comes, and he shall not criticize the Divine standard of justice, for they did all these.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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