Malachi
Malachi 2:3–5
3Behold, I will rebuke your descendants,a and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.
4Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts. 5“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.
Footnotes
- a 2:3 Or I will blight your grain
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.
Malachi 2:3
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behold | הִנְנִ֨י | hin·nî | Interjection; first person common singular | H2005 lo! behold |
| I will rebuke | גֹעֵ֤ר | ḡō·‘êr | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H1605 rebuke |
| your | לָכֶם֙ | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| descendants | הַזֶּ֔רַע | haz·ze·ra‘ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H2233 sowing, seed, offspring |
| and I will spread | וְזֵרִ֤יתִי | wə·zê·rî·ṯî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H2219 scatter, fan, winnow |
| dung | פֶ֙רֶשׁ֙ | p̄e·reš | Noun - masculine singular | H6569 fecal matter |
| on | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| your faces | פְּנֵיכֶ֔ם | pə·nê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H6440 face, before |
| the waste | פֶּ֖רֶשׁ | pe·reš | Noun - masculine singular construct | H6569 fecal matter |
| from your feasts | חַגֵּיכֶ֑ם | ḥag·gê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H2282 festival-gathering, feast, pilgrim-feast |
| and you will be carried off | וְנָשָׂ֥א | wə·nā·śā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| with it | אֵלָֽיו׃ | ’ê·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
Malachi 2:4
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then you will know | וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם | wî·ḏa‘·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H3045 know |
| that | כִּ֚י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I have sent | שִׁלַּ֣חְתִּי | šil·laḥ·tî | Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | H7971 send |
| you | אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם | ’ă·lê·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | H413 motion to |
| this | הַזֹּ֑את | haz·zōṯ | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| commandment | הַמִּצְוָ֣ה | ham·miṣ·wāh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H4687 commandment |
| so that My covenant | בְּרִיתִי֙ | bə·rî·ṯî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H1285 covenant |
| with | אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | Preposition | H854 with |
| Levi | לֵוִ֔י | lê·wî | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3878 Levi |
| may continue | לִֽהְי֤וֹת | lih·yō·wṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| says | אָמַ֖ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֥ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| of Hosts | צְבָאֽוֹת׃ | ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ | Noun - common plural | H6635 army, war, warfare |
Malachi 2:5
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| My covenant | בְּרִיתִ֣י׀ | bə·rî·ṯî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H1285 covenant |
| with him | אִתּ֗וֹ | ’it·tōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H854 with |
| was | הָיְתָ֣ה | hā·yə·ṯāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| of life | הַֽחַיִּים֙ | ha·ḥay·yîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H2416 alive, living |
| and peace | וְהַ֨שָּׁל֔וֹם | wə·haš·šā·lō·wm | Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7965 completeness, soundness, welfare, peace |
| which I gave | וָאֶתְּנֵֽם־ | wā·’et·tə·nêm- | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural | H5414 give, put, set |
| to him | ל֥וֹ | lōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | |
| it called for reverence | מוֹרָ֖א | mō·w·rā | Noun - masculine singular | H4172 fear |
| and he revered Me | וַיִּֽירָאֵ֑נִי | way·yî·rā·’ê·nî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular | H3372 fear |
| and stood in awe | נִחַ֥ת | ni·ḥaṯ | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H2865 be shattered, dismayed |
| of My name | שְׁמִ֖י | šə·mî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H8034 name |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Malachi 2:3 Nahum 3:6 · Malachi 2:9 · 1 Kings 14:10 · Exodus 29:14 · Job 20:7 · Joel 1:17
Malachi 2:4 Numbers 3:12 · Ezekiel 38:23 · Matthew 3:12 · Nehemiah 13:29 · John 15:2 · Jeremiah 28:9 · Ezekiel 44:9–16 · Luke 10:11
Malachi 2:5 Ezekiel 37:26 · Numbers 25:12–13 · Ezekiel 34:25 · Numbers 16:9–10 · Exodus 32:26–29 · Deuteronomy 33:8–11 · Psalm 106:30–31 · Numbers 3:45 · Numbers 18:8–24 · Numbers 8:15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.