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Is there notהֲלוֹאoneאֶחָדfatherאָבfor all of us?לְכֻלָּנוּHas notהֲלוֹאoneאֶחָדElאֵלcreated us?בְּרָאָנוּWhyמַדּוּעַdo we betray,נִבְגַּדeachאִישׁhis brother,בְּאָחִיוprofaningלְחַלֵּלthe covenantבְּרִיתof our fathers?אֲבֹתֵינוּ
Malachi 2:10
Study it in the app“Is there not one father for all of us? Has not one El created us? Why do we betray, each his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 2:10, word by word
- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- fatherאָבav
Father
God, Father of his people.
Where else “av” appears- Elאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- created usבְּרָאָberaa
create
To bring something new into being; only God does this.
Where else “beraa” appears- Whyמַדּוּעַmadua
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appears- do we betrayנִבְגַּדnivgad
act treacherously
Be unfaithful: break one's word or someone's trust.
Where else “nivgad” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- his brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- profaningחַלֵּלchalel
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “chalel” appears- the covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears
The context
9And I also have made you despised and low before all the people, inasmuch as you are not keeping my ways but are lifting the face in the instruction.
10 · This verse (above)
11Judah has betrayed, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned what is holy to YHWH, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.