Malachi
Malachi 4:2–3
2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings,a and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall. 3Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Footnotes
- a 4:2 Or the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in His wings
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 4:2
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But for you who fear | יִרְאֵ֤י | yir·’ê | Adjective - masculine plural construct | H3373 fear |
| My name | שְׁמִי֙ | šə·mî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H8034 name |
| the sun | שֶׁ֣מֶשׁ | še·meš | Noun - common singular construct | H8121 sun |
| of righteousness | צְדָקָ֔ה | ṣə·ḏā·qāh | Noun - feminine singular | H6666 righteousness |
| will rise | וְזָרְחָ֨ה | wə·zā·rə·ḥāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular | H2224 rise, come forth |
| with healing | וּמַרְפֵּ֖א | ū·mar·pê | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H4832 healing, cure, health |
| in its wings | בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָ | biḵ·nā·p̄e·hā | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singular | H3671 wing, extremity |
| and you will go out | וִֽיצָאתֶ֥ם | wî·ṣā·ṯem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H3318 go or come out |
| and leap | וּפִשְׁתֶּ֖ם | ū·p̄iš·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H6335 spring about |
| like calves | כְּעֶגְלֵ֥י | kə·‘eḡ·lê | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural construct | H5695 calf |
| from the stall | מַרְבֵּֽק׃ | mar·bêq | Noun - masculine singular | H4770 stall |
Malachi 4:3
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then you will trample | וְעַסּוֹתֶ֣ם | wə·‘as·sō·w·ṯem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H6072 press, crush |
| the wicked | רְשָׁעִ֔ים | rə·šā·‘îm | Adjective - masculine plural | H7563 wicked, criminal |
| for | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| they will be | יִהְי֣וּ | yih·yū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| ashes | אֵ֔פֶר | ’ê·p̄er | Noun - masculine singular | H665 ashes |
| under | תַּ֖חַת | ta·ḥaṯ | Preposition | H8478 the under part |
| the soles | כַּפּ֣וֹת | kap·pō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural construct | H3709 hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, pan |
| of your feet | רַגְלֵיכֶ֑ם | raḡ·lê·ḵem | Noun - feminine dual construct; second person masculine plural | H7272 foot |
| on the day | בַּיּוֹם֙ | bay·yō·wm | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| I | אֲנִ֣י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| am preparing | עֹשֶׂ֔ה | ‘ō·śeh | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| 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׃פ | 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.
Malachi 4:2 Jeremiah 33:6 · Psalm 84:11 · Isaiah 30:26 · Luke 1:78 · John 8:12 · Isaiah 53:5 · Revelation 22:16 · 2 Samuel 23:4 · Malachi 3:16 · John 1:4 · 2 Peter 1:19 · Revelation 22:2
Malachi 4:3 Job 40:12 · Romans 16:20 · Zechariah 10:5 · Micah 7:10 · Joshua 10:24–25 · Micah 5:8 · Malachi 3:17 · Psalm 91:13 · Revelation 11:15 · Isaiah 25:10 · Isaiah 26:6 · Genesis 3:15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.