Malachi 4:2

“But 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.”

Malachi 4:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Malachi 4:2, word by word

who fearיִרְאֵיyire

God-fearing

Who reveres God and so obeys him.

Where else “yire” appears
my nameשְׁמִshemi

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

Where else “shemi” appears
the sunשֶׁמֶשׁshemesh

sun

The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.

Where else “shemesh” appears
of righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedaka

righteous deeds

Doing what is just, upright deeds.

Where else “tsedaka” appears
will riseזָרְחָהzarcha

rise, shine

Rise (of the sun); shine, dawn.

Where else “zarcha” appears
with healingמַרְפֵּאmarpe

healing

What heals a wound; without remedy is without any possibility of cure.

Where else “marpe” appears
in its wingsכְנָפֶיchenafe

wing

A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.

Where else “chenafe” appears
and you will go outיצָאתֶםytsatem

go out

To go out of a place.

Where else “ytsatem” appears
and leapפִשְׁתֶּםfishtem

gallop

To bound and race like a horse or a calf.

Where else “fishtem” appears
like calvesעֶגְלֵיegle

calf

Calf: a young bull.

Where else “egle” appears
from the stallמַרְבֵּקmarbek

stall

Stall where cattle are fattened; "calf of the stall" is the fattened calf, kept for a special meal.

Where else “marbek” appears

Translation note

“Its wings”: they can be understood as the rays of the sun. Luke 1:78 speaks of “the dawn from on high.”

The context

1For 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.

2 · This verse (above)

3And you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I am making, says YHWH Tsevaot.

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