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I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. (KJV)
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שָׂנֵ֥אתִיsa.Ne.tiI hate
Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to hate
Used 144 times. Also: Genesis 24:60, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 29:33, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8130; TAHOT Amos 5:21 word 1
מָאַ֖סְתִּיma.'As.tiI reject
Lemma: מָאַס (ma.as) · Strong's: H3988A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to reject
Used 74 times. Also: Leviticus 26:15, Leviticus 26:43, Leviticus 26:44, Numbers 11:20, Numbers 14:31, Judges 9:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3988A; TAHOT Amos 5:21 word 2
חַגֵּיכֶ֑םcha.gei.Khemfeasts your
Lemma: חַג (chag) · Strong's: H2282
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: feast
Used 62 times. Also: Exodus 10:9, Exodus 12:14, Exodus 13:6, Exodus 23:15, Exodus 23:16, Exodus 23:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2282; TAHOT Amos 5:21 word 3
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Amos 5:21 word 4
אָרִ֖יחַ'a.Ri.achI delight
Lemma: רִיחַ (ru.ach) · Strong's: H7306
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)
Meaning: to smell
Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 8:21, Genesis 27:27, Exodus 30:38, Leviticus 26:31, Deuteronomy 4:28, Judges 16:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7306; TAHOT Amos 5:21 word 5
בְּעַצְּרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם\׃be.'a.tze.Ro.tei.Khemin assemblies your
Lemma: עֲצָרָה (a.tsa.rah) · Strong's: H6116
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: assembly
Used 11 times. Also: Leviticus 23:36, Numbers 29:35, Deuteronomy 16:8, 2 Kings 10:20, 2 Chronicles 7:9, Nehemiah 8:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6116; TAHOT Amos 5:21 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I hate | → | שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate |
| I despise | → | מָאַס H3988A to reject |
| your feasts | → | חַג H2282 feast |
| I cannot | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| stand the stench | → | רִיחַ H7306 to smell |
| of your solemn assemblies | → | עֲצָרָה H6116 assembly |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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