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Malachi 1:4 Interlinear

saith Whereas Edom We are impoverished but we will return They shall build the desolate places saith against whom the LORD of hosts They shall build but I will throw down and they shall call them The border of wickedness and The people hath indignation against whom the LORD for ever

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2אָמַר֙H559saithto say (used with great latitude)
3אֱד֜וֹםH123Whereas Edomedom, the elder twin-brother of jacob; hence the region (idumaea) occupied by him
4רֻשַּׁ֗שְׁנוּH7567We are impoverishedto demolish
5וְנָשׁוּב֙H7725but we will returnto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
6יִבְנ֖וּH1129They shall buildto build (literally and figuratively)
7חֳרָב֔וֹתH2723the desolate placesproperly, drought, i.e., (by implication) a desolation
8כֹּ֤הH3541properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
9אָמַר֙H559saithto say (used with great latitude)
10יְהוָ֖הH3068against whom the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
11צְבָא֔וֹתH6635of hostsa mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci
12הֵ֥מָּהH1992they (only used when emphatic)
13יִבְנ֖וּH1129They shall buildto build (literally and figuratively)
14וַאֲנִ֣יH589i
15אֶהֱר֑וֹסH2040but I will throw downto pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
16וְקָרְא֤וּH7121and they shall callto call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
17לָהֶם֙H0
18גְּב֣וּלH1366them The borderproperly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
19רִשְׁעָ֔הH7564of wickednesswrong (especially moral)
20וְהָעָ֛םH5971and The peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
21אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
22זָעַ֥םH2194hath indignationproperly, to foam at the mouth, i.e., to be enraged
23יְהוָ֖הH3068against whom the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
24עַדH5704foras far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
25עוֹלָֽם׃H5769everproperly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial

Verse Context

Malachi 1:3 Esau And I hated and laid his mountains...
Malachi 1:4 (current) saith Whereas Edom We are impoverished but we will return They shall build the desolate places saith against whom the LORD of hosts They shall build but I will throw down and they shall call them The border of wickedness and The people hath indignation against whom the LORD for ever
Malachi 1:5And your eyes shall see and ye shall say will be magnified The LORD...

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