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And nowוְעַתָּהweאֲנַחְנוּcall happyמְאַשְּׁרִיםthe insolent;זֵדִיםalsoגַּםthose who doעֹשֵׂיwickednessרִשְׁעָהare built up;נִבְנוּalsoגַּםthey testבָּחֲנוּElohimאֱלֹהִיםand escape.”וַיִּמָּלֵטוּ
Malachi 3:15
Study it in the app“And now we call happy the insolent; also those who do wickedness are built up; also they test Elohim and escape.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 3:15, word by word
- call happyמְאַשְּׁרִיםmeashrim
call happy
To declare someone happy because things go well for them.
Where else “meashrim” appears- the insolentזֵדִיםzedim
arrogant, insolent
Arrogant, insolent: one who acts with pride, knowingly and without fear.
Where else “zedim” appears- those who doעֹשֵׂיose
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appears- wickednessרִשְׁעָהrisha
wickedness
Wickedness: unjust and evil conduct.
Where else “risha” appears- are built upנִבְנוּnivnu
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “nivnu” appears- they testבָּחֲנוּbachanu
test, examine
Test, examine to find out whether something is true or genuine, as metal is tested.
Where else “bachanu” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and escapeיִּמָּלֵטוּyimaletu
escape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “yimaletu” appears
The context
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?
15 · This verse (above)
16Then those who fear YHWH spoke each with his neighbor; and YHWH paid attention and heard, and a book of memorial was written before him for those who fear YHWH and for those who think on his name.