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Your wordsדִּבְרֵיכֶםhave been strongחָזְקוּagainst me,עָלַיsaysאָמַרYHWH.יְהוָהAnd you say,וַאֲמַרְתֶּם“Whatמַהhave we spoken togetherנִּדְבַּרְנוּagainst you?”עָלֶיךָ
Malachi 3:13
Study it in the app“Your words have been strong against me, says YHWH. And you say, “What have we spoken together against you?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 3:13, word by word
- Your wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- have been strongחָזְקוּchazku
be strong
To stand firm and brave, not giving in to fear.
Where else “chazku” 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- have we spoken togetherנִּדְבַּרְנוּnidbarnu
talk together
To speak with one another, talk together.
Where else “nidbarnu” appears
The context
12And all the nations will call you happy, for you will be a land of delight, says YHWH Tsevaot.
13 · This verse (above)
14You have said, “It is vain to serve Elohim; and what profit is there that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked as mourners before YHWH Tsevaot?