Study it in the app“And you say, “Look, what a hardship!” and you snort at it, says YHWH Tsevaot; and you bring what was stolen, and the lame and the sick, and you bring the offering: shall I accept it from your hand? says YHWH.”
And you say,וַאֲמַרְתֶּם“Look,הִנֵּהwhatמַa hardship!”תְּלָאָהand you snortוְהִפַּחְתֶּםat it,אוֹתוֹsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot;צְבָאוֹתand you bringוַהֲבֵאתֶםwhat was stolen,גָּזוּלand the lameוְ הַפִּסֵּחַand the sick,וְ הַחוֹלֶהand you bringוַהֲבֵאתֶםthe offering:הַמִּנְחָהshall I acceptהַאֶרְצֶהitאוֹתָהּfrom your hand?מִיֶּדְכֶםsaysאָמַרYHWH.יְהוָה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amartem” appearswhat a hardship!
“What a hardship!”: the complaint of one who finds the service of God heavy. It appears only in Malachi 1:13.
Where else “telaa” appearssnort
To snort to show that something seems of little worth or annoying.
Where else “hipachtem” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havetem” appearsseize, rob
Take by force, rob, tear away.
Where else “gazul” appearslame
Lame.
Where else “piseach” appearsbe sick
To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.
Where else “chole” appearsoffering
An offering to God.
Where else “mincha” appearsaccept
To gladly receive an offering or someone.
Where else “ertse” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yed” appears“You snort at it,” with contempt. According to an ancient tradition of the scribes, which counts this place among their corrections, the text said “at me.”
12But you profane it when you say, “The table of Adonai is defiled, and its fruit, its food, is contemptible.”
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14And cursed be the deceiver who has in his flock a male, and vows and sacrifices to Adonai something damaged; for a great King I am, says YHWH Tsevaot, and my name is fearsome among the nations.
