Malachi

Malachi 2:7

⁷For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the lips	שִׂפְתֵ֤י	śip̄·ṯê	Noun - feminine dual construct	H8193 lip, speech, edge
of a priest	כֹהֵן֙	ḵō·hên	Noun - masculine singular	H3548 priest
should preserve	יִשְׁמְרוּ־	yiš·mə·rū-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
knowledge	דַ֔עַת	ḏa·‘aṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H1847 knowledge
and people should seek	יְבַקְשׁ֣וּ	yə·ḇaq·šū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1245 seek
instruction	וְתוֹרָ֖ה	wə·ṯō·w·rāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H8451 direction, instruction, law
from his mouth	מִפִּ֑יהוּ	mip·pî·hū	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H6310 mouth
because	כִּ֛י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
he	הֽוּא׃	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
is the messenger	מַלְאַ֥ךְ	mal·’aḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4397 messenger
of the LORD	יְהוָֽה־	Yah·weh-	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
of Hosts	צְבָא֖וֹת	ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ	Noun - common plural	H6635 army, war, warfare

Cross-references

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

2 Timothy 2:24–25 · Leviticus 10:11 · Deuteronomy 21:5 · 2 Corinthians 5:20 · John 13:20 · 1 Thessalonians 4:8 · Ezra 7:10 · Acts 16:17 · John 20:21 · 2 Chronicles 30:22 · Nehemiah 8:2–8 · Malachi 3:1

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.