What Does Malachi 2:9 Mean?

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

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“Therefore have I also made”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“you contemptible”

to disesteem

“and base”

depressed, literally or figuratively

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“before all the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“according”

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle

“as ye have not kept”

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

“my ways”

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

“but have been partial”

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“in the law”

a precept or statute, especially the decalogue or pentateuch