Malachi 2:4

“And you will know that I have sent to you this commandment, so that my covenant with Levi may continue, says YHWH Tsevaot.”

Malachi 2:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Malachi 2:4, word by word

And you will knowידַעְתֶּםydatem

know

To know something, realize.

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I have sentשִׁלַּחְתִּיshilachti

send

To send someone or something.

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commandmentמִּצְוָהmitsva

commandment

An order of God that must be kept.

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so that my covenantבְּרִיתִberiti

covenant

The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.

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Leviלֵוִיlevi

Levi

Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah; the tribe of the priests comes from him. The name sounds like "be joined".

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may continueהְיוֹתheot

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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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.

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Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot

Tsevaot

A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.

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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.

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