Forכִּיlook,הִנֵּהthe dayהַיּוֹםis coming,בָּאburningבֹּעֵרlike the oven;כַּתַּנּוּרand allוְ כָלthe insolentזֵדִיםand allוְכָלwho doעֹשֵׂהwickednessרִשְׁעָהwill beהָיוּstubble;קַשׁand the dayהַיּוֹםthat is comingהַבָּאwill set them ablaze,וְלִהַט אֹתָםsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתso thatאֲשֶׁרit will notלֹאleaveיַעֲזֹבthemלָהֶםrootשֹׁרֶשׁor branch.וְעָנָף
Malachi 4:1
Study it in the app“For look, the day is coming, burning like the oven; and all the insolent and all who do wickedness will be stubble; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze, says YHWH Tsevaot, so that it will not leave them root or branch.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 4:1, word by word
- the dayיּוֹםyom
day of YHWH
"The day of YHWH", when he comes to judge.
Where else “yom” appears- is comingבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- burningבֹּעֵרboer
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “boer” appears- like the ovenתַּנּוּרtanur
firepot, oven
Small clay oven, like a brazier.
Where else “tanur” appears- the insolentזֵדִיםzedim
arrogant, insolent
Arrogant, insolent: one who acts with pride, knowingly and without fear.
Where else “zedim” appears- who doעֹשֵׂהose
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- will beהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- stubbleקַשׁkash
stubble
Stubble: the dry remains left in the field after the harvest.
Where else “kash” appears- will set them ablazeלִהַטlihat
set ablaze
Set ablaze, set on fire.
Where else “lihat” 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- leaveיַעֲזֹבyaazov
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “yaazov” appears- rootשֹׁרֶשׁshoresh
shoot
What gives rise to something; a shoot from a stock, like a descendant of Jesse.
Where else “shoresh” appears- or branchעָנָףanaf
branch
Branch.
Where else “anaf” appears
Translation note
In Hebrew, Malachi 4:1-6 is 3:19-24.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2But for you who fear my name the sun of righteousness will rise, with healing in its wings; and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.