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Malachi 3:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?


Malachi 3:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Malachi 3:716 words
HebrewMeaning
לְ/מִ/ימֵ֨יləmiymēy
daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
אֲבֹתֵי/כֶ֜םʾăbōtēykem
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
סַרְתֶּ֤םsarətem
beverbH5493
bring · call back · decline · depart ···
מֵֽ/חֻקַּ/י֙mēḥuqay
appointedpronH2706
bound · commandment · convenient · custom ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שְׁמַרְתֶּ֔םšəmarətem
bewardverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
שׁ֤וּבוּšwbw
((breakverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֵלַ/י֙ʾēlay
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
וְ/אָשׁ֣וּבָהwəʾāšwbāh
((breakconjH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֲלֵי/כֶ֔םʾălēykem
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אָמַ֖רʾāmar
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
צְבָא֑וֹתṣəbāʾwōt
appointed timenounH6635
army · battle · company · host ···
וַ/אֲמַרְתֶּ֖םwaʾămarətem
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
בַּ/מֶּ֥הbameh
how (longpronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
נָשֽׁוּבnāšwb
((breakverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
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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