Malachi

Malachi 1:2

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,

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Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
I have loved youאָהַ֤בְתִּי’ā·haḇ·tîVerb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularH157 love
saysאָמַ֣ר’ā·marVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
But you askוַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םwa·’ă·mar·temConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine pluralH559 utter, say
Howבַּמָּ֣הbam·māhPreposition-b; InterrogativeH4100 what? how? aught
have You loved usאֲהַבְתָּ֑נוּ’ă·haḇ·tā·nūVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular; first person common pluralH157 love
Was notהֲלוֹא־hă·lō·w-Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
Esauעֵשָׂ֤ו‘ê·śāwNoun - proper - masculine singularH6215 Esau
Jacob’sלְיַֽעֲקֹב֙lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇPreposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singularH3290 Jacob
brotherאָ֨ח’āḥNoun - masculine singularH251 brother
declaresנְאֻם־nə·’um-Noun - masculine singular constructH5002 utterance
the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
Yet Jacobיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya·‘ă·qōḇNoun - proper - masculine singularH3290 Jacob
I have lovedוָאֹהַ֖בwā·’ō·haḇConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularH157 love

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.