Malachi

Malachi 1:7

⁷By presenting defiled food on My altar.

But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You^d?’

By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.

Footnotes

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
By presenting	מַגִּישִׁ֤ים	mag·gî·šîm	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural	H5066 draw near, approach
defiled	מְגֹאָ֔ל	mə·ḡō·’āl	Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular	H1351 defile
food	לֶ֣חֶם	le·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food
on	עַֽל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
My altar	מִזְבְּחִי֙	miz·bə·ḥî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H4196 altar
But you ask	וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם	wa·’ă·mar·tem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
How	בַּמֶּ֣ה	bam·meh	Preposition-b; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
have we defiled You	גֵֽאַלְנ֑וּךָ	ḡê·’al·nū·ḵā	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common plural; second person masculine singular	H1351 defile
By saying that	בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֕ם	be·’ĕ·mā·rə·ḵem	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
the table	שֻׁלְחַ֥ן	šul·ḥan	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7979 table
of the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
is contemptible	נִבְזֶ֥ה	niḇ·zeh	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H959 despise

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.