And you will trampleוְעַסּוֹתֶםthe wicked,רְשָׁעִיםforכִּיthey will beיִהְיוּashesאֵפֶרunderתַּחַתthe solesכַּפּוֹתof your feetרַגְלֵיכֶםon the dayבַּיּוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרIאֲנִיam making,עֹשֶׂהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot.צְבָאוֹת
Malachi 4:3
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 4:3, word by word
- And you will trampleעַסּוֹתֶםasotem
trample
To tread down, to crush as grapes are trodden to squeeze out their juice. It appears only in Malachi 4:3 (Hebrew 3:21): those who fear YHWH will trample the wicked.
Where else “asotem” appears- the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- they will beיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- ashesאֵפֶרefer
ashes
Ashes. "Dust and ashes" is a way of saying one is of very little account.
Where else “efer” appears- the solesכַּפּוֹתkapot
sole
The underside of the foot, with which one treads.
Where else “kapot” appears- of your feetרַגְלֵיragle
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragle” appears- on the dayיּוֹםyom
day of YHWH
"The day of YHWH", when he comes to judge.
Where else “yom” appears- am makingעֹשֶׂהose
make
To build or create something.
Where else “ose” 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
The context
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.
3 · This verse (above)
4Remember the instruction of Moses my servant, which I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel: statutes and rules.