And I will rebukeוְגָעַרְתִּיthe devourerבָּאֹכֵלfor you,לָכֶםand it will notוְלֹאdestroyיַשְׁחִתfor youלָכֶםthe fruitפְּרִיof the ground,הָאֲדָמָהand the vineהַגֶּפֶןin the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶהwill notוְלֹאbe barrenתְשַׁכֵּלfor you,לָכֶםsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot.צְבָאוֹת
Malachi 3:11
Study it in the app“And I will rebuke the devourer for you, and it will not destroy for you the fruit of the ground, and the vine in the field will not be barren for you, says YHWH Tsevaot.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 3:11, word by word
- And I will rebukeגָעַרְתִּיgaarti
rebuke
Rebuke, scold sternly.
Where else “gaarti” appears- the devourerאֹכֵלochel
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “ochel” appears- destroyיַשְׁחִתyashchit
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “yashchit” appears- the fruitפְּרִיperi
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “peri” appears- of the groundאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears- and the vineגֶּפֶןgefen
vine
Vine: the plant that bears grapes.
Where else “gefen” appears- in the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- be barrenתְשַׁכֵּלteshakel
miscarry
To lose the young before birth, or not to bear fruit.
Where else “teshakel” 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
Translation note
“The devourer”: it can be understood as the locust or another plague of the field.
The context
10Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house; and test me, please, in this, says YHWH Tsevaot, if I will not open for you the floodgates of the heavens and pour out on you blessing until there is no more need.
11 · This verse (above)
12And all the nations will call you happy, for you will be a land of delight, says YHWH Tsevaot.