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May YHWHיְהוָהcut offיַכְרֵתthe manלָאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרdoes it,יַעֲשֶׂנָּהthe one who wakesעֵרand the one who answers,וְעֹנֶהfrom the tentsמֵאָהֳלֵיof Jacob,יַעֲקֹבand the one who offersוּמַגִּישׁan offeringמִנְחָהto YHWHלַיהוָהTsevaot.צְבָאוֹת
Malachi 2:12
Study it in the app“May YHWH cut off the man who does it, the one who wakes and the one who answers, from the tents of Jacob, and the one who offers an offering to YHWH Tsevaot.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 2:12, word by word
- 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- cut offיַכְרֵתyachret
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “yachret” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- does itיַעֲשֶׂyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- the one who wakesעֵרer
awake
To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.
Where else “er” appears- and the one who answersעֹנֶהone
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “one” appears- from the tentsאָהֳלֵיahole
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahole” appears- of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- and the one who offersמַגִּישׁmagish
bring near
To carry something over, or present a gift.
Where else “magish” appears- an offeringמִנְחָהmincha
offering
An offering to God.
Where else “mincha” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears
Translation note
“The one who wakes and the one who answers”: a difficult expression; it seems to say “everyone, without exception.”
The context
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.
12 · This verse (above)
13And this a second thing you do: cover the altar of YHWH with tears, with weeping and groaning, because he no longer turns to the offering or takes it with favor from your hand.