Malachi 2:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?”

Malachi 2:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Malachi 2:1015 words

HebrewMeaning

הֲ/ל֨וֹאhălwōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

אָ֤בʾāb

fathernounH1

father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'

אֶחָד֙ʾeḥād

aadjH259

alike · alone · altogether · and ···

לְ/כֻלָּ֔/נוּləkulānw

all (mannerpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הֲ/ל֛וֹאhălwōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

אֵ֥לʾēl

GodnounH410

goodly · great · idol · might ···

אֶֽחָ֖דʾeḥād

aadjH259

alike · alone · altogether · and ···

בְּרָאָ֑/נוּbərāʾānw

chooseverbH1254

create · cut down · dispatch · do ···

מַדּ֗וּעַmadwʿa

howparticleH4069

wherefore · why

נִבְגַּד֙nibəgad

deal deceitfully (treacherouslyverbH898

unfaithfully) · offend · transgress · treacherous (dealer ···

אִ֣ישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

בְּ/אָחִ֔י/וbəʾāḥiyw

brotherpronH251

brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'

לְ/חַלֵּ֖לləḥalēl

beginpronH2490

defile · break · defile · eat ···

בְּרִ֥יתbəriyt

confederacynounH1285

feder · covenant · league

אֲבֹתֵֽי/נוּʾăbōtēynw

fathernounH1

father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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