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You offerמַגִּישִׁיםonעַלmy altarמִזְבְּחִיdefiledמְגֹאָלbread.לֶחֶםAnd you say,וַאֲמַרְתֶּם“Howבַּמֶּהhave we defiled you?”גֵאַלְנוּךָIn that you say,בֶּאֱמָרְכֶם“The tableשֻׁלְחַןof YHWHיְהוָהisהוּאcontemptible.”נִבְזֶה
Malachi 1:7
Study it in the app“You offer on my altar defiled bread. And you say, “How have we defiled you?” In that you say, “The table of YHWH is contemptible.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 1:7, word by word
- You offerמַגִּישִׁיםmagishim
bring near
To carry something over, or present a gift.
Where else “magishim” appears- my altarמִזְבְּחִmizbchi
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchi” appears- defiledמְגֹאָלmegoal
defile
To soil something or someone, leaving it unclean before God.
Where else “megoal” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- And you sayאֲמַרְתֶּםamartem
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amartem” appears- “The tableשֻׁלְחַןshulchan
table
A piece of furniture on which food is set, or what is offered to God.
Where else “shulchan” appears- of 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- contemptibleנִבְזֶהnivze
despise
Despise, think little of.
Where else “nivze” appears
The context
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?”
7 · This verse (above)
8And when you offer a blind animal to sacrifice, there is no evil; and when you offer the lame and the sick, there is no evil. Present it, then, to your governor: will he accept you, or lift up your face? says YHWH Tsevaot.