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And your eyesוְעֵינֵיכֶםwill see it,תִּרְאֶינָהand youוְאַתֶּםwill say,תֹּאמְרוּ“May YHWHיְהוָהbe greatיִגְדַּלbeyondמֵעַל לִthe territoryגְבוּלof Israel.”יִשְׂרָאֵל
Malachi 1:5
Study it in the app“And your eyes will see it, and you will say, “May YHWH be great beyond the territory of Israel.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 1:5, word by word
- And your eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- will see itתִּרְאֶינָהtirena
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tirena” appears- will sayתֹּאמְרוּtomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomru” appears- “May YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- be greatיִגְדַּלyigdal
magnify
To praise YHWH, acknowledge how vast he is.
Where else “yigdal” appears- the territoryגְבוּלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
4If Edom says, “We have been shattered, but we will return and build the ruins,” thus says YHWH Tsevaot: They will build, but I will tear down; and they will call them “Territory of wickedness” and “the people against whom YHWH is indignant forever.”
5 · This verse (above)
6A son honors his father, and a slave his master. And if I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says YHWH Tsevaot to you, priests who despise my name. And you say, “How have we despised your name?”