And you will knowוִידַעְתֶּםthatכִּיI have sentשִׁלַּחְתִּיto youאֲלֵיכֶםthisהַזֹּאתcommandment,הַמִּצְוָהso that my covenantבְּרִיתִיwithאֶתLeviלֵוִיmay continue,לִהְיוֹתsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot.צְבָאוֹת
Malachi 2:4
Study it in the app“And you will know that I have sent to you this commandment, so that my covenant with Levi may continue, says YHWH Tsevaot.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 2:4, word by word
- And you will knowידַעְתֶּםydatem
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “ydatem” appears- I have sentשִׁלַּחְתִּיshilachti
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilachti” appears- commandmentמִּצְוָהmitsva
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsva” appears- so that my covenantבְּרִיתִberiti
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “beriti” appears- Leviלֵוִיlevi
Levi
Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah; the tribe of the priests comes from him. The name sounds like "be joined".
Where else “levi” appears- may continueהְיוֹתheot
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appears- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- 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- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears
The context
3Look, 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.
4 · This verse (above)
5My covenant was with him, life and peace, and I gave them to him, and with them fear; and he feared me and before my name he stood in awe.