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But youוְאַתֶּםhave turned asideסַרְתֶּםfromמִןthe way;הַדֶּרֶךְyou have made many stumbleהִכְשַׁלְתֶּם רַבִּיםin the instruction;בַּתּוֹרָהyou have destroyedשִׁחַתֶּםthe covenantבְּרִיתof Levi,הַלֵּוִיsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot.צְבָאוֹת
Malachi 2:8
Study it in the app“But you have turned aside from the way; you have made many stumble in the instruction; you have destroyed the covenant of Levi, says YHWH Tsevaot.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 2:8, word by word
- have turned asideסַרְתֶּםsartem
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sartem” appears- the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- you have made many stumbleהִכְשַׁלְתֶּםhichshaltem
stumble
To lose one's balance while walking until one falls.
Where else “hichshaltem” appears- you have made many stumbleרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- in the instructionתּוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears- you have destroyedשִׁחַתֶּםshichatem
corrupt
To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.
Where else “shichatem” appears- the covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- of Leviלֵּוִיlevi
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- 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
7For the lips of a priest guard knowledge, and instruction they will seek from his mouth; for he is the messenger of YHWH Tsevaot.
8 · This verse (above)
9And I also have made you despised and low before all the people, inasmuch as you are not keeping my ways but are lifting the face in the instruction.