Malachi 2:9

“And 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.”

Malachi 2:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Malachi 2:9, word by word

have madeנָתַתִּיnatati

make

To make someone something: "I have made you a father".

Where else “natati” appears
despisedנִבְזִיםnivzim

despise

Despise, think little of.

Where else “nivzim” appears
and lowשְׁפָלִיםshefalim

humble

Modest in spirit.

Where else “shefalim” appears
the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

Where else “am” appears
inasmuch asפִיfi

according to

Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.

Where else “fi” appears
keepingשֹׁמְרִיםshomrim

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

Where else “shomrim” appears
my waysדְּרָכַderacha

manner

The way one lives and acts.

Where else “deracha” appears
but are liftingנֹשְׂאִיםnosim

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

Where else “nosim” appears
the faceפָּנִיםpanim

face

The front of the head, of someone or of God.

Where else “panim” appears
in the instructionתּוֹרָהtora

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

Where else “tora” appears

Translation note

“Lifting the face,” which in 1:8-9 is receiving with favor, here can be understood as favoring some over others in teaching.

The context

8But 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.

9 · This verse (above)

10Is there not one father for all of us? Has not one El created us? Why do we betray, each his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

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