And they will beוְהָיוּmine,לִיsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתfor the dayלַיּוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרIאֲנִיam making,עֹשֶׂהa special treasure;סְגֻלָּהand I will have compassionוְחָמַלְתִּיon themעֲלֵיהֶםasכַּאֲשֶׁרa manאִישׁhas compassionיַחְמֹלonעַלhis sonבְּנוֹwho servesהָעֹבֵדhim.אֹתוֹ
Malachi 3:17
Study it in the app“And they will be mine, says YHWH Tsevaot, for the day that I am making, a special treasure; and I will have compassion on them as a man has compassion on his son who serves him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 3:17, word by word
- And they will beהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” 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- for the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- am makingעֹשֶׂהose
make
To build or create something.
Where else “ose” appears- a special treasureסְגֻלָּהsegula
special treasure
Special treasure: what someone keeps apart as his most valued possession.
Where else “segula” appears- and I will have compassionחָמַלְתִּיchamalti
have pity, spare
Feel pity, want to save someone; spare.
Where else “chamalti” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- his sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- who servesעֹבֵדoved
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “oved” appears
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18And you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves Elohim and one who does not serve him.