Study it in the app“A 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?””
A sonבֵּןhonorsיְכַבֵּדhis father,אָבand a slaveוְעֶבֶדhis master.אֲדֹנָיוAnd ifוְאִםIאָנִיam a father,אָבwhereאַיֵּהis my honor?כְבוֹדִיAnd ifוְאִםIאָנִיam a master,אֲדוֹנִיםwhereאַיֵּהis my fear?מוֹרָאִיsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתto you,לָכֶםpriestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםwho despiseבּוֹזֵיmy name.שְׁמִיAnd you say,וַאֲמַרְתֶּם“Howבַּמֶּהhave we despisedבָזִינוּyour name?”שְׁמֶךָ
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearshonor
Literally "give weight": to hold someone in high regard.
Where else “yechabed” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “av” appearsslave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adonay” appearshonor
Literally "weight": respect, good name; or one's inner self.
Where else “chevodi” appearsterror
Dread, or deeds that terrify.
Where else “morai” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” 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” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearsdespise
Despise, think little of.
Where else “boze” appearsname of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shemi” appears“Fear”: the reverent respect that is owed to him. The same word is translated “terrors” where it speaks of God's wonders (Deuteronomy 4:34).
5And your eyes will see it, and you will say, “May YHWH be great beyond the territory of Israel.”
6 · This verse (above)
7You offer on my altar defiled bread. And you say, “How have we defiled you?” In that you say, “The table of YHWH is contemptible.”
