Malachi

Malachi 1:3

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

Word by word

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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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.