Amos 4:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְקַטֵּ֤ר מֵֽחָמֵץ֙ תּוֹדָ֔ה וְקִרְא֥וּ נְדָב֖וֹת הַשְׁמִ֑יעוּ כִּ֣י כֵ֤ן אֲהַבְתֶּם֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃

Transliteration

wǝ-qaṭṭēr from ḥāmēṣ tôdāh wǝ-qirʾû nǝdābôt hašmîʿû for thus ʾahavtem bǝnê Yiśrāʾēl nǝʾum ʾAdōnāy YHWH

Grammar Details

• *wǝ-qaṭṭēr*: conjunction + imperative, masculine singular, piel - and burn/offer
• *ḥāmēṣ*: noun, masculine singular - leavened bread
• *tôdāh*: noun, feminine singular - thanksgiving offering
• *wǝ-qirʾû*: conjunction + imperative, masculine plural, qal - and proclaim/call
• *nǝdābôt*: noun, feminine plural - freewill offerings
• *hašmîʿû*: imperative, masculine plural, hiphil - make heard/proclaim
• *ʾahavtem*: perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you have loved
• *bǝnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *nǝʾum*: construct noun - declaration of
• *ʾAdōnāy*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person suffix - my Lord
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name

Word Meanings

• *qaṭṭēr*: burn/offer as incense/smoke
• *ḥāmēṣ*: leavened bread/that which is leavened
• *tôdāh*: thanksgiving offering/confession/praise
• *nǝdābôt*: freewill offerings/voluntary gifts
• *hašmîʿû*: make heard/proclaim/announce

Referenced Verses

• Ps 81:12 : 12 So I gave them up{H8762)} unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked{H8799)} in their own counsels.
• Lev 22:18-21 : 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering; 19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. 20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. 21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
• Lev 7:12-13 : 12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. 13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
• Hos 9:1 : 1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
• Hos 9:10 : 10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
• Matt 6:2 : 2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
• Matt 15:9 : 9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
• Matt 15:13-14 : 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
• Matt 23:23 : 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
• Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
• 2 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
• Lev 23:17 : 17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.
• Deut 12:6-7 : 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: 7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.