Malachi
Malachi 3:13
13“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
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.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your words | דִּבְרֵיכֶ֖ם | diḇ·rê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1697 speech, word |
| against Me | עָלַ֛י | ‘ā·lay | Preposition; first person common singular | H5921 height |
| have been harsh | חָזְק֥וּ | ḥā·zə·qū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen |
| says | אָמַ֣ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֑ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| Yet you ask | וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם | wa·’ă·mar·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H559 utter, say |
| What | מַה־ | mah- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| have we spoken | נִּדְבַּ֖רְנוּ | niḏ·bar·nū | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural | H1696 speak |
| against You | עָלֶֽיךָ׃ | ‘ā·le·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H5921 height |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Malachi 2:17 · Romans 9:20 · Isaiah 37:23 · Malachi 1:6–8 · 2 Thessalonians 2:4
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.