Hebrew Interlinear

Malachi 3:2 Interlinear

But who may abide the day of his coming and who shall stand when he appeareth fire for he is like a refiner's ' soap and like fullers

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וּמִ֤יH4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
2מְכַלְכֵּל֙H3557But who may abideproperly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
3אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4י֣וֹםH3117the daya day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
5בּוֹא֔וֹH935of his comingto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
6וּמִ֥יH4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
7הָעֹמֵ֖דH5975and who shall standto stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
8בְּהֵרָֽאוֹת֑וֹH7200when he appearethto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
9כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
10הוּא֙H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
11כְּאֵ֣שׁH784firefire (literally or figuratively)
12מְצָרֵ֔ףH6884for he is like a refiner'sto fuse (metal), i.e., refine (literally or figuratively)
13וּכְבֹרִ֖יתH1287' soapvegetable alkali
14מְכַבְּסִֽים׃H3526and like fullersto trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative

Verse Context

Malachi 3:1 Behold I will send even the messenger and he shall prepare the way before...
Malachi 3:2 (current) But who may abide the day of his coming and who shall stand when he appeareth fire for he is like a refiner's ' soap and like fullers
Malachi 3:3And he shall sit as a refiner and he shall purify and silver and he shall purify ...

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