Malachi 2:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.”

Malachi 2:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Malachi 2:917 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/גַםwəgam

and alsoconjH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

אֲנִ֞יʾăniy

IprepH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

נָתַ֧תִּיnātatiy

I have madeverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

אֶתְ/כֶ֛םʾetəkem

youparticleH853

נִבְזִ֥יםnibəziym

despisedverbH959

disdain · contemn · think to scorn · vile person

וּ/שְׁפָלִ֖יםwšəpāliym

and lowlyconjH8217

humble · low(-er · -ly)

לְ/כָלləkāl

to allpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הָ/עָ֑םhāʿām

the peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

כְּ/פִ֗יkəpiy

according to the mouth ofpronH6310

-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···

אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer

thatparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

אֵֽינְ/כֶם֙ʾēynəkem

not youparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

שֹׁמְרִ֣יםšōməriym

are keepingverbH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

דְּרָכַ֔/יdərākay

ways mynounH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

וְ/נֹשְׂאִ֥יםwənōśəʾiym

and you are lifting upconjH5375

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

פָּנִ֖יםpāniym

facesnounH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

בַּ/תּוֹרָֽהbatwōrāh

in instructionpronH8451

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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