Amos 5:10
"They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate,.... Openly and publicly in the courts of judicature: wicked judges hated the prophets of the Lord, such as Amos, who faithfully reproved

them for the perversion of justice, even when they were upon the bench: or the people were so corrupt and degenerate, that they hated those faithful judges who reproved them for their vices in the open courts of justice, when they came before them, The former sense seems best, and more agreeable to the context: and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly; not only hate him, but abhor him, cannot bear the sight of him, or to hear his name mentioned that speaks out his mind freely and honestly, and tells them of their sins, and advises them to repent of them, and leave them.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (6 words)

H8130 שָׂנֵא
Definition:

31+, suffixשְׂנֵאָהּ2 Samuel 13:15+; 2 masculine singularשָׂנֵאתָPsalm 5:6+, suffixשְׂנֵאתַ֫נִיJudges 14:16, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׂנָאProverbs 13:5;Proverbs 26:28, suffixיִשְׂמּנָאֶ֑ךָ 31+, suffixשְׂנֵאָהּ2 Samuel 13:15+; 2 masculine singularשָׂנֵאתָPsalm 5:6+, suffixשְׂנֵאתַ֫נִיJudges 14:16, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׂנָאProverbs 13:5;Proverbs 26:28, suffixיִשְׂמּנָאֶ֑ךָ

Possible Meanings:
  • change (semantic_range)
  • change (semantic_range)
  • be changed (semantic_range)
  • change (semantic_range)
  • be changed (semantic_range)
H8179 שַׁעַר
Definition:

24(feminineIsaiah 14:31in personification, AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 86)gate; —׳שׁabsoluteJudges 9:40+, constructGenesis 22:17+; withהlocative,שָׁ֑עְרָהIsaiah 28:6+; pluralשְׁעָרִים2 Samuel 18:24+, construc 24(feminineIsaiah 14:31in personification, AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 86)gate; —׳שׁabsoluteJudges 9:40+, constructGenesis 22:17+; withהlocative,שָׁ֑עְרָהIsaiah 28:6+; pluralשְׁעָרִים2 Samuel 18:24+, construc

Possible Meanings:
  • hair (semantic_range)
H3198 יָכַח
Definition:

45t.;הֹכִיחַGenesis 24:44;הוֺכִחַGenesis 21:25; 2masculine singularחֹכַחְתָּGenesis 24:14; 1singular suffixהוֺכַחְתִּיו2 Samuel 7:14;ImperfectיוֺכִיחַIsaiah 11:35t.;יוֺכַחHosea 4:44t.;יוֺכָ֑ח1 Chronic 45t.;הֹכִיחַGenesis 24:44;הוֺכִחַGenesis 21:25; 2masculine singularחֹכַחְתָּGenesis 24:14; 1singular suffixהוֺכַחְתִּיו2 Samuel 7:14;ImperfectיוֺכִיחַIsaiah 11:35t.;יוֺכַחHosea 4:44t.;יוֺכָ֑ח1 Chronic

Possible Meanings:
  • decide (semantic_range)
  • adjudge (semantic_range)
  • prove (semantic_range)
  • decide (semantic_range)
  • judge (semantic_range)
H1696 דָבַר
Definition:

— (1) Arabicdepart, perish, IV.retreat, figurativeretrograde, decline;passing away, death; Assyriandabâru, Pi`eldrive away, BezOrient. Diplom, Vocab.,Dibbara, pest-god, Hpt. in KAT2. 500,דֶּבֶרpestile — (1) Arabicdepart, perish, IV.retreat, figurativeretrograde, decline;passing away, death; Assyriandabâru, Pi`eldrive away, BezOrient. Diplom, Vocab.,Dibbara, pest-god, Hpt. in KAT2. 500,דֶּבֶרpestile

Possible Meanings:
  • speaking (semantic_range)
H8549 תָּמִים
Definition:

9+; feminineתְּמִימָהLeviticus 3:9+; constructתְּמִיםJob 36:4;Job 37:16; pluralתְּמִימִיםEzekiel 43:25+;תְּמִימֹתLeviticus 23:15; constructתְּמִימֵיPsalm 119:1;Proverbs 11:20; —1complete, whole, entir 9+; feminineתְּמִימָהLeviticus 3:9+; constructתְּמִיםJob 36:4;Job 37:16; pluralתְּמִימִיםEzekiel 43:25+;תְּמִימֹתLeviticus 23:15; constructתְּמִימֵיPsalm 119:1;Proverbs 11:20; —1complete, whole, entir

Possible Meanings:
  • sound (semantic_range)
  • entire (semantic_range)
H8581 תַּעָב
Definition:

Niph`alPerfect3masculine singularנִתְעַב1 Chronicles 21:6;ParticipleנִתְעָבIsaiah 14:19;Job 15:16; —be abhorred:1ritual sense:נֵצֶר נִתְעָבIsaiah 14:19an abhorred(rejected)branch( <נֵץvulture, the unc Niph`alPerfect3masculine singularנִתְעַב1 Chronicles 21:6;ParticipleנִתְעָבIsaiah 14:19;Job 15:16; —be abhorred:1ritual sense:נֵצֶר נִתְעָבIsaiah 14:19an abhorred(rejected)branch( <נֵץvulture, the unc

Possible Meanings:
  • regard as an abomination (semantic_range)
  • cause to be an abomination (semantic_range)
  • make abominable (semantic_range)

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