Hebrew Interlinear
Malachi 3:5 Interlinear
“And I will come near to you to judgment witness and I will be a swift against the sorcerers and against the adulterers swearers and against false and against those that oppress in his wages the hireling the widow and the fatherless and that turn aside the stranger from his right and fear not me saith the LORD of hosts”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְקָרַבְתִּ֣י | H7126 | And I will come near | to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose |
| 2 | אֲלֵיכֶם֮ | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 3 | לַמִּשְׁפָּט֒ | H4941 | to you to judgment | properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind |
| 4 | וְהָיִ֣יתִי׀ | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 5 | עֵ֣ד | H5707 | witness | concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e., prince |
| 6 | מְמַהֵ֗ר | H4116 | and I will be a swift | properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e., (by implication) |
| 7 | בַּֽמְכַשְּׁפִים֙ | H3784 | against the sorcerers | properly, to whisper a spell, i.e., to inchant or practise magic |
| 8 | וּבַמְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים | H5003 | and against the adulterers | to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize |
| 9 | וּבַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים | H7650 | swearers | to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times) |
| 10 | לַשָּׁ֑קֶר | H8267 | and against false | an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial) |
| 11 | וּבְעֹשְׁקֵ֣י | H6231 | and against those that oppress | to press upon, i.e., oppress, defraud, violate, overflow |
| 12 | שְׂכַר | H7939 | in his wages | payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit |
| 13 | שָׂ֠כִיר | H7916 | the hireling | a man who is hired by the day or year |
| 14 | אַלְמָנָ֨ה | H490 | the widow | a widow; also a desolate place |
| 15 | וְיָת֤וֹם | H3490 | and the fatherless | a bereaved person |
| 16 | וּמַטֵּי | H5186 | and that turn aside | to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows) |
| 17 | גֵר֙ | H1616 | the stranger | properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner |
| 18 | וְלֹ֣א | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 19 | יְרֵא֔וּנִי | H3372 | from his right and fear | to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten |
| 20 | אָמַ֖ר | H559 | not me saith | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 21 | יְהוָ֥ה | H3068 | the LORD | (the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god |
| 22 | צְבָאֽוֹת׃ | H6635 | of hosts | a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci |
Verse Context
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Malachi 3:5 (current)And I will come near to you to judgment witness and I will be a swift against the sorcerers and against the adulterers swearers and against false and against those that oppress in his wages the hireling the widow and the fatherless and that turn aside the stranger from his right and fear not me saith the LORD of hosts
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