Malachi 3:9

“With a curse you are cursed, and me you are robbing, the whole nation.”

Malachi 3:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Malachi 3:9, word by word

With a curseמְּאֵרָהmeera

curse

Curse; from the same root as "cursed."

Where else “meera” appears
are cursedנֵאָרִיםnearim

curse

Curse: declare someone or something under punishment, deprived of blessing. It is the opposite of bless.

Where else “nearim” appears
are robbingקֹבְעִיםkovim

rob

To rob, to defraud; to take what belongs to another.

Where else “kovim” appears
nationגּוֹיgoy

nation

A people with their land; also Israel.

Where else “goy” appears

The context

8Will a human being rob Elohim? Yet you are robbing me. And you say, “How have we robbed you?” In the tithe and the contribution.

9 · This verse (above)

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.

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