- זֶבַח
zebah "sacrifice,
offering" sometimes refers to a particular sacrifice:
- the covenant sacrifice
- the Passover
- annual sacrifice
- thank offering
- but also often in general terms to those animal sacrifices in which some
of the meat is eaten by the human participants and some burnt (consumed by
God).
In Am 5:25
the plural is likely to refer to sacrifices in general, while
at 4:4 (see
remarks on that verse) it is likely the word refers to the annual
sacrifice.