Malachi

Malachi 3:8

⁸Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!

But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’

In tithes and offerings.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Will a man	אָדָ֜ם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
rob	הֲיִקְבַּ֨ע	hă·yiq·ba‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6906 rob
God	אֱלֹהִ֗ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
Yet	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you	אַתֶּם֙	’at·tem	Pronoun - second person masculine plural	H859 thou
are robbing	קֹבְעִ֣ים	qō·ḇə·‘îm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H6906 rob
Me	אֹתִ֔י	’ō·ṯî	Direct object marker; first person common singular	H853 mark of the accusative
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
do we rob You	קְבַעֲנ֑וּךָ	qə·ḇa·‘ă·nū·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural; second person masculine singular	H6906 rob
In tithes	הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֖ר	ham·ma·‘ă·śêr	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4643 tenth part, tithe
and offerings	וְהַתְּרוּמָֽה׃	wə·hat·tə·rū·māh	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H8641 contribution, offering

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.