Amos 5:7 Go deeper

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

הַהֹפְכִ֥יםha.ho.fe.KhimO those [who] turn

Lemma: הָפַךְ (ha.phakh) · Strong's: H2015

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to overturn

Used 94 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:25, Genesis 19:29, Exodus 7:15, Exodus 7:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2015; TAHOT Amos 5:7 word 1

לְלַעֲנָ֖הle.la.'a.Nahinto wormwood

Lemma: לַעֲנָה (la.a.nah) · Strong's: H3939

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: wormwood

Used 8 times. Also: Deuteronomy 29:18, Proverbs 5:4, Jeremiah 9:15, Jeremiah 23:15, Lamentations 3:15, Lamentations 3:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3939; TAHOT Amos 5:7 word 2

מִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.Patjustice

Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: justice

Used 165 times. Also: Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 21:9, Exodus 23:6, Numbers 27:5, Deuteronomy 10:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4941H; TAHOT Amos 5:7 word 3

וּצְדָקָ֖הu.tze.da.Kahand righteousness

Lemma: צְדָקָה (tse.da.qah) · Strong's: H6666

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: righteousness

Used 154 times. Also: Genesis 15:6, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 30:33, Deuteronomy 6:25, Deuteronomy 9:4, Deuteronomy 9:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6666; TAHOT Amos 5:7 word 4

לָאָ֥רֶץla.'A.retzto the ground

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: land: country/planet

Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Amos 5:7 word 5

הִנִּֽיחוּ\׃hi.Ni.chuthey thrust down

Lemma: נוּחַ (nu.ach) · Strong's: H5117

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVhp3cp)

Meaning: to rest

Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 39:16, Genesis 42:33, Exodus 10:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5117; TAHOT Amos 5:7 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

There are those who turn	→	הָפַךְ H2015 to overturn
justice	→	מִשְׁפָּט H4941H justice
into wormwood	→	לַעֲנָה H3939 wormwood
and cast	→	נוּחַ H5117 to rest
righteousness	→	צְדָקָה H6666 righteousness
to the ground	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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