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Look,הִנְIנִיam rebukingגֹעֵרthe seedהַזֶּרַעbecause of you,לָכֶםand I will scatterוְזֵרִיתִיdungפֶרֶשׁonעַלyour faces,פְּנֵיכֶםthe dungפֶּרֶשׁof your feasts;חַגֵּיכֶםand one will carryוְנָשָׂאyouאֶתְכֶםto it.אֵלָיו
Malachi 2:3
Study it in the app“Look, I am rebuking the seed because of you, and I will scatter dung on your faces, the dung of your feasts; and one will carry you to it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 2:3, word by word
- am rebukingגֹעֵרgoer
rebuke
Rebuke, scold sternly.
Where else “goer” appears- the seedזֶּרַעzera
seed
What is sown to sprout: grains and seeds of plants.
Where else “zera” appears- and I will scatterזֵרִיתִיzeriti
scatter
To strew people or things about.
Where else “zeriti” appears- dungפֶרֶשׁferesh
dung
The contents of an animal's intestines; dung.
Where else “feresh” appears- your facesפְּנֵיpene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appears- of your feastsחַגֵּיchage
festival
Festival in honor of God, with pilgrimage.
Where else “chage” appears- and one will carryנָשָׂאnasa
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nasa” appears
Translation note
The dung of the sacrificed animals was taken and burned outside the camp (Exodus 29:14); it can be understood that they will be treated so. “The seed” (הַזֶּרַע) has the same letters as “the arm” (הַזְּרֹעַ): with other vowels it reads “I am rebuking the arm.”
The context
2If you do not listen, and if you do not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, says YHWH Tsevaot, I will send against you the curse, and I will curse your blessings; and indeed I have cursed them, because you are not laying it to heart.
3 · This verse (above)
4And you will know that I have sent to you this commandment, so that my covenant with Levi may continue, says YHWH Tsevaot.