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Malachi 3:14 — King James Version← Study notes

Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?


Malachi 3:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Malachi 3:1415 words
HebrewMeaning
אֲמַרְתֶּ֕םʾămarətem
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שָׁ֖וְאšāwəʾ
falsenounH7723
lie · lying · vain · vanity
עֲבֹ֣דʿăbōd
keep in bondageverbH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
אֱלֹהִ֑יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
וּ/מַהwmah
how (longconjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
בֶּ֗צַעbeṣaʿ
covetousnessnounH1215
gain · lucre · profit
כִּ֤יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
שָׁמַ֨רְנוּ֙šāmarənw
bewardverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
מִשְׁמַרְתּ֔/וֹmišəmarətwō
chargenounH4931
keep · or to be kept · office · ordinace ···
וְ/כִ֤יwəkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הָלַ֨כְנוּ֙hālakənw
alongverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
קְדֹ֣רַנִּ֔יתqədōraniyt
mournfullyadvH6941
מִ/פְּנֵ֖יmipənēy
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
צְבָאֽוֹתṣəbāʾwōt
appointed timenounH6635
army · battle · company · host ···
Words 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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