Amos 5:22
"Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

Though ye offer me burnt offerings, and your meat offerings, I will not accept them,.... The daily burnt offerings, morning and night, and others which were wholly the Lord's; and the "minchah", or bread offering, which went along with them; in which they thought to do God service, and to merit his

favour; but instead of that they were unacceptable to him, being neither offered up in a proper place, if in a right manner according to the law of Moses; however, not in the faith of the great sacrifice, Christ; nor attended with repentance towards God: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts; even though their peace offerings were of the best of the herd. Aben Ezra says the creature here meant is the same which in the Ishmaelitish or Arabic language is called "giamus", a creature bigger than an ox, and like one, which is called a buffle or buffalo. And so Ben Melech says it means one of the kinds of the larger cattle; for not a lamb, a ram, or a sheep, is meant, as the word is sometimes rendered by the Septuagint, but a creature like an ox; not larger, or the wild ox, as the above Hebrew writers, but smaller; with which agrees the description Bellonius (n) gives of the Syrian "bubalus" or "buffalo", which he calls a small ox, full bodied, little, smooth, sleek, fat, and well made; and is no doubt the same the Arabs call "almari", from its smoothness. (n) Apud Bochart. Hierozoic. p. 1. l. 2. c. 28. col. 283.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (11 words)

H3588 כִּי
Definition:

Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic, Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic,

Possible Meanings:
  • for (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
H0518 אִם
Definition:

see NöM p. 208, ZMG 1886, p. 739; WAG i. § 367 e)**ᵑ7Onk Jonאִם,ᵑ7Hagאין.1. hypothetical particleif.a.construction(see more fully Dr§ 136-138, 143FriedrichDie Hebr. Condit. sätze 1884): (1) withimperf see NöM p. 208, ZMG 1886, p. 739; WAG i. § 367 e)**ᵑ7Onk Jonאִם,ᵑ7Hagאין.1. hypothetical particleif.a.construction(see more fully Dr§ 136-138, 143FriedrichDie Hebr. Condit. sätze 1884): (1) withimperf

Possible Meanings:
  • mother (semantic_range)
  • mother (semantic_range)
  • dam (semantic_range)
  • point of departure (semantic_range)
  • division (semantic_range)
H5927 עָלָה
Definition:

15+; 3 feminine singularעָֽלְתָהGenesis 40:10+;עָלָ֑תָהJeremiah 14:2;1 Samuel 1:22; 2masculine singularעָלִיתָGenesis 49:4+, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיַעֲלֶהGenesis 2:6+,יַ֫עַלGenesis 44:33+,ו 15+; 3 feminine singularעָֽלְתָהGenesis 40:10+;עָלָ֑תָהJeremiah 14:2;1 Samuel 1:22; 2masculine singularעָלִיתָGenesis 49:4+, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיַעֲלֶהGenesis 2:6+,יַ֫עַלGenesis 44:33+,ו

Possible Meanings:
  • matter (semantic_range)
  • affair (semantic_range)
  • occasion (semantic_range)
H5930 עֹלָה
Definition:

Or mowlah {o-law'}; feminine active participle ofalah; a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke) -- ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See a Or mowlah {o-law'}; feminine active participle ofalah; a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke) -- ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See a

Possible Meanings:
  • matter (semantic_range)
  • affair (semantic_range)
  • occasion (semantic_range)
H4503 מִנְחָה
Definition:

381t.; constructמִנְחַתLeviticus 2:722t.; suffixמִנְחָתִיGenesis 33:103t.; + 41 t. suffixes singular; plural suffixמִנְחֹתֶיךָPsalm 20:4;מִנְחֹתֵיבֶםNumbers 29:39;Amos 5:22; —1gift, presentGenesis 32: 381t.; constructמִנְחַתLeviticus 2:722t.; suffixמִנְחָתִיGenesis 33:103t.; + 41 t. suffixes singular; plural suffixמִנְחֹתֶיךָPsalm 20:4;מִנְחֹתֵיבֶםNumbers 29:39;Amos 5:22; —1gift, presentGenesis 32:

Possible Meanings:
  • offering (semantic_range)
H3808 לֹא
Definition:

11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. Negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows) -- X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, 11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. Negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows) -- X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay,

H7521 רָצָה
Definition:

7; suffixרָצָםJeremiah 14:10; 1singularוְרָצִאתִיEzekiel 43:27consecutive (metaplastic Ges§ 75rr; Aramaism, Krae; but Coוְרָצִיתִי), etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִרְצֶהPsalm 147:10+, suffixיִרְצְ 7; suffixרָצָםJeremiah 14:10; 1singularוְרָצִאתִיEzekiel 43:27consecutive (metaplastic Ges§ 75rr; Aramaism, Krae; but Coוְרָצִיתִי), etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִרְצֶהPsalm 147:10+, suffixיִרְצְ

Possible Meanings:
  • be pleased with (semantic_range)
  • accept favourably (semantic_range)
  • be pleased with (semantic_range)
  • favourable to (semantic_range)
  • accept (semantic_range)
H8002 שֶׁלֶם
Definition:

originally sacrifice forallianceDi; al.peace-offering(mark of peace with God),ᵐ5Sm.Kings Proverbsεἰρηνική, De StaG i. 496WeHeid. 71(fellowship between God and worshippers);welfare-offering,ᵐ5elsewhere originally sacrifice forallianceDi; al.peace-offering(mark of peace with God),ᵐ5Sm.Kings Proverbsεἰρηνική, De StaG i. 496WeHeid. 71(fellowship between God and worshippers);welfare-offering,ᵐ5elsewhere

Possible Meanings:
  • prosperity (semantic_range)
H4806 מְרִיא
Definition:

13 3t.; plural absoluteמְרִיאִיםIsaiah 1:11, constructמְרִיאֵיEzekiel 39:18; suffixמְרִיאֵיכֶםAmos 5:22; —fatling:עֵגֶל וּכְפִירוּמְרִיאIsaiah 11:6; elsewhere only of sacrificial animals,שֶׁלָם מְרִיא 13 3t.; plural absoluteמְרִיאִיםIsaiah 1:11, constructמְרִיאֵיEzekiel 39:18; suffixמְרִיאֵיכֶםAmos 5:22; —fatling:עֵגֶל וּכְפִירוּמְרִיאIsaiah 11:6; elsewhere only of sacrificial animals,שֶׁלָם מְרִיא

Possible Meanings:
  • fatlings (semantic_range)
H3808 לֹא
Definition:

11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. Negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows) -- X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, 11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. Negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows) -- X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay,

H5027 נָבַט
Definition:

30look(literally), followed byלְ.Hiph`ilPerfectהִבִּיטNumbers 21:93t.;וְהִבַּטְתָּ֫1 Samuel 2:32, etc.;ImperfectיַבִּיטNumbers 12:84t.;וַיַּבֵּט1 Samuel 17:424t., etc.;Imperativeהַבֵּט1 Kings 18:43+;ה 30look(literally), followed byלְ.Hiph`ilPerfectהִבִּיטNumbers 21:93t.;וְהִבַּטְתָּ֫1 Samuel 2:32, etc.;ImperfectיַבִּיטNumbers 12:84t.;וַיַּבֵּט1 Samuel 17:424t., etc.;Imperativeהַבֵּט1 Kings 18:43+;ה

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