“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 3:14 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Malachi 3:1415 words
HebrewMeaning
אֲמַרְתֶּ֕םʾămarətem
you have saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שָׁ֖וְאšāwəʾ
is futilitynounH7723
lie · lying · vain · vanity
עֲבֹ֣דʿăbōd
to serveverbH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
אֱלֹהִ֑יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
וּ/מַהwmah
and what?conjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
בֶּ֗צַעbeṣaʿ
is the profitnounH1215
gain · lucre · profit
כִּ֤יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
שָׁמַ֨רְנוּ֙šāmarənw
we have keptverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
מִשְׁמַרְתּ֔/וֹmišəmarətwō
charge hisnounH4931
keep · or to be kept · office · ordinace ···
וְ/כִ֤יwəkiy
and thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הָלַ֨כְנוּ֙hālakənw
we have walkedverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
קְדֹ֣רַנִּ֔יתqədōraniyt
mournfullyadvH6941
מִ/פְּנֵ֖יmipənēy
from beforepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
צְבָאֽוֹתṣəbāʾwōt
of hostsnounH6635
army · battle · company · host ···
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.