Malachi

Malachi 1:2–3

²“I have loved you,” says the LORD.

But you ask, “How have You loved us?”

“Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, ³but Esau I have hated,^b and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.^c”

Footnotes

b 1:3 Cited in Romans 9:13|ROM 9:13
c 1:3 Or to the serpents of the wilderness or to the dragons of the wilderness

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Malachi 1:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I have loved you	אָהַ֤בְתִּי	’ā·haḇ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H157 love
says	אָמַ֣ר	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
But you ask	וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם	wa·’ă·mar·tem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
How	בַּמָּ֣ה	bam·māh	Preposition-b; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
have You loved us	אֲהַבְתָּ֑נוּ	’ă·haḇ·tā·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular; first person common plural	H157 love
Was not	הֲלוֹא־	hă·lō·w-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
Esau	עֵשָׂ֤ו	‘ê·śāw	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6215 Esau
Jacob’s	לְיַֽעֲקֹב֙	lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
brother	אָ֨ח	’āḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H251 brother
declares	נְאֻם־	nə·’um-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
Yet Jacob	יַעֲקֹֽב׃	ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
I have loved	וָאֹהַ֖ב	wā·’ō·haḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H157 love

Malachi 1:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
but	וְאֶת־	wə·’eṯ-	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
Esau	עֵשָׂ֖ו	‘ê·śāw	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6215 Esau
I have hated	שָׂנֵ֑אתִי	śā·nê·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H8130 hate
and I have made	וָאָשִׂ֤ים	wā·’ā·śîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H7760 put, place, set
his mountains	הָרָיו֙	hā·rāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
a wasteland	שְׁמָמָ֔ה	šə·mā·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H8077 a devastation, waste
and left his inheritance	נַחֲלָת֖וֹ	na·ḥă·lā·ṯōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5159 possession, property, inheritance
to the desert	מִדְבָּֽר׃	miḏ·bār	Noun - masculine singular	H4057 mouth
jackals	לְתַנּ֥וֹת	lə·ṯan·nō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural	H8568 jackal

Cross-references

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Malachi 1:2 Jeremiah 31:3 · Isaiah 41:8–9 · Deuteronomy 10:15 · Romans 9:10–13 · Deuteronomy 4:37 · Isaiah 43:4 · Malachi 3:13–14 · Malachi 3:7–8 · Deuteronomy 7:6–8 · Deuteronomy 32:8–14 · Malachi 2:17 · Romans 11:28–29

Malachi 1:3 Joel 3:19 · Obadiah 1:10 · Jeremiah 49:16–18 · Ezekiel 35:3–4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.