Instructionתּוֹרַתof truthאֱמֶתwasהָיְתָהin his mouth,בְּפִיהוּand injusticeוְעַוְלָהwas notלֹאfoundנִמְצָאon his lips;בִשְׂפָתָיוin peaceבְּשָׁלוֹםand in uprightnessוּבְמִישׁוֹרhe walkedהָלַךְwith me,אִתִּיand manyוְרַבִּיםhe turned backהֵשִׁיבfrom iniquity.מֵעָוֺן
Malachi 2:6
Study it in the app“Instruction 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 2:6, word by word
- Instructionתּוֹרַתtorat
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appears- of truthאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears- wasהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- in his mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- and injusticeעַוְלָהavla
injustice, wrong
Injustice; what is crooked, what is not right.
Where else “avla” appears- foundנִמְצָאnimtsa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtsa” appears- on his lipsשְׂפָתָיsefatay
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefatay” appears- in peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- and in uprightnessמִישׁוֹרmishor
uprightness
What is upright and just, above all when a king or God judges peoples or the poor.
Where else “mishor” appears- he walkedהָלַךְhalach
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “halach” appears- and manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- he turned backהֵשִׁיבheshiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “heshiv” appears- from iniquityעָוֺןavon
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appears
The context
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.
6 · This verse (above)
7For the lips of a priest guard knowledge, and instruction they will seek from his mouth; for he is the messenger of YHWH Tsevaot.