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Malachi 3:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.


Malachi 3:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Malachi 3:522 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/קָרַבְתִּ֣יwəqārabətiy
and I will draw nearconjH7126
bring (forth · near) · come (near · nigh) ···
אֲלֵי/כֶם֮ʾălēykem
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
לַ/מִּשְׁפָּט֒lamišəpāṭ
for judgmentpronH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
וְ/הָיִ֣יתִיwəhāyiytiy
and I will beconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
עֵ֣דʿēd
a witnessnounH5707
מְמַהֵ֗רməmahēr
hasteningverbH4116
fearful · (cause to make · in · make) haste(-n ···
בַּֽ/מְכַשְּׁפִים֙baməkašəpiym
on the sorcererspronH3784
witch
וּ/בַ/מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔יםwbamənāʾăpiym
and on the adulterersconjH5003
commit adultery · woman that breaketh wedlock
וּ/בַ/נִּשְׁבָּעִ֖יםwbanišəbāʿiym
and on those who swear an oathconjH7650
charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for
לַ/שָּׁ֑קֶרlašāqer
to falsehoodpronH8267
deceit · false(-hood · -ly) · feignedly ···
וּ/בְ/עֹשְׁקֵ֣יwbəʿōšəqēy
and on those who defraudconjH6231
deceive · defraud · drink up · oppress ···
שְׂכַרśəkar
the hire ofnounH7939
price · reward · wages · worth
שָׂ֠כִירśākiyr
a hired laboreradjH7916
servant) · hireling
אַלְמָנָ֨הʾaləmānāh
a widownounH490
widow
וְ/יָת֤וֹםwəyātwōm
and a fatherless oneconjH3490
orphan
וּ/מַטֵּיwmaṭēy
and those who thrust asideconjH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
גֵר֙gēr
a sojournernounH1616
sojourner · stranger
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יְרֵא֔וּ/נִיyərēʾwniy
they fear meverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
אָמַ֖רʾāmar
he saysverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
צְבָאֽוֹתṣəbāʾwōt
of hostsnounH6635
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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