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My covenantבְּרִיתִיwasהָיְתָהwith him,אִתּוֹlifeהַחַיִּיםand peace,וְהַשָּׁלוֹםand I gave themוָאֶתְּנֵםto him,לוֹand with them fear;מוֹרָאand he feared meוַיִּירָאֵנִיand beforeוּמִפְּנֵיmy nameשְׁמִיheהוּאstood in awe.נִחַת
Malachi 2:5
Study it in the app“My 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 2:5, word by word
- My covenantבְּרִיתִberiti
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “beriti” appears- wasהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- lifeחַיִּיםchayim
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayim” appears- and peaceשָּׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- and I gave themאֶתְּנֵetne
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “etne” appears- and with them fearמוֹרָאmora
terror
Dread, or deeds that terrify.
Where else “mora” appears- and he feared meיִּירָאֵyirae
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yirae” appears- and beforeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- my nameשְׁמִshemi
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemi” appears- stood in aweנִחַתnichat
be dismayed
To lose heart from fear, to have no strength to go on.
Where else “nichat” appears
The context
4And you will know that I have sent to you this commandment, so that my covenant with Levi may continue, says YHWH Tsevaot.
5 · This verse (above)
6Instruction of truth was in his mouth, and injustice was not found on his lips; in peace and in uprightness he walked with me, and many he turned back from iniquity.