Malachi 2:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.”

Malachi 2:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Malachi 2:314 words

HebrewMeaning

הִנְ/נִ֨יhinəniy

here IparticleH2005

if · lo · though

גֹעֵ֤רgōʿēr

am about to rebukeverbH1605

rebuke · reprove

לָ/כֶם֙lākem

pron

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הַ/זֶּ֔רַעhazeraʿ

the offspringparticleH2233

carnally · fruitful · seed · sowing-time

וְ/זֵרִ֤יתִיwəzēriytiy

and I will spreadconjH2219

compass · disperse · fan · scatter ···

פֶ֨רֶשׁ֙pereš

dungnounH6569

עַלʿal

onpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

פְּנֵי/כֶ֔םpənēykem

faces yournounH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

פֶּ֖רֶשׁpereš

the dung ofnounH6569

חַגֵּי/כֶ֑םḥagēykem

festivals yournounH2282

sacrifice · solemnity

וְ/נָשָׂ֥אwənāśāʾ

and someone will carry awayconjH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

אֶתְ/כֶ֖םʾetəkem

youparticleH853

אֵלָֽי/וʾēlāyw

with itpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

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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