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Will a human beingהֲ אָדָםrobיִקְבַּעElohim?אֱלֹהִיםYetכִּיyouאַתֶּםare robbingקֹבְעִיםme.אֹתִיAnd you say,וַאֲמַרְתֶּם“Howבַּמֶּהhave we robbed you?”קְבַעֲנוּךָIn the titheהַמַּעֲשֵׂרand the contribution.וְהַתְּרוּמָה
Malachi 3:8
Study it in the app“Will a human being rob Elohim? Yet you are robbing me. And you say, “How have we robbed you?” In the tithe and the contribution.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 3:8, word by word
- Will a human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- robיִקְבַּעyikba
rob
To rob, to defraud; to take what belongs to another.
Where else “yikba” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- And you sayאֲמַרְתֶּםamartem
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amartem” appears- In the titheמַּעֲשֵׂרmaaser
tithe
Tithe: a tenth of something.
Where else “maaser” appears- and the contributionתְּרוּמָהteruma
contribution
Contribution: what is set apart from one's goods to give to God; also a portion set aside or a gift.
Where else “teruma” appears
Translation note
“Rob” (קָבַע) is a rare verb in Hebrew; it has the same letters, in another order, as “deceive” (עָקַב), the verb of the name of Jacob.
The context
7From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says YHWH Tsevaot. And you say, “How shall we return?”
8 · This verse (above)
9With a curse you are cursed, and me you are robbing, the whole nation.