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They hateשָׂנְאוּthe one who reprovesמוֹכִיחַin the gate,בַשַּׁעַרand the one who speaksוְדֹבֵרwith integrityתָּמִיםthey abhor.יְתָעֵבוּ
Amos 5:10
Study it in the app“They hate the one who reproves in the gate, and the one who speaks with integrity they abhor.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 5:10, word by word
- They hateשָׂנְאוּsanu
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “sanu” appears- the one who reprovesמוֹכִיחַmochiach
rebuke
To point out someone's fault so that he corrects it.
Where else “mochiach” appears- in the gateשַּׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- and the one who speaksדֹבֵרdover
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dover” appears- with integrityתָּמִיםtamim
blameless
Without reproach, whole, like Noah.
Where else “tamim” appears- they abhorיְתָעֵבוּyetaevu
abhor
To reject something in disgust, or be rejected so.
Where else “yetaevu” appears
The context
9The one who makes destruction flash against the strong, and destruction comes against the fortress.
10 · This verse (above)
11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take a levy of grain from him, houses of hewn stone you have built, but you will not live in them; pleasant vineyards you have planted, but you will not drink their wine.