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And he will turnוְהֵשִׁיבthe heartלֵבof fathersאָבוֹתtoעַלchildren,בָּנִיםand the heartוְלֵבof childrenבָּנִיםtoעַלtheir fathers,אֲבוֹתָםlestפֶּןI comeאָבוֹאand strikeוְהִכֵּיתִיthe landהָאָרֶץwith devotion to destruction.חֵרֶם
Malachi 4:6
Study it in the app“And he will turn the heart of fathers to children, and the heart of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with devotion to destruction.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 4:6, word by word
- And he will turnהֵשִׁיבheshiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “heshiv” appears- the heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of fathersאָבוֹתavot
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avot” appears- childrenבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- I comeאָבוֹאavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “avo” appears- and strikeהִכֵּיתִיhiketi
punish
God punishes with a plague.
Where else “hiketi” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- with devotion to destructionחֵרֶםcherem
devoted thing
What was given wholly to God and no one could keep for himself.
Where else “cherem” appears
Translation note
Luke 1:17 applies these words to John the Immerser. With this verse the Old Testament ends in the order of Christian Bibles.
The context
5Look, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the day of YHWH, the great and the fearsome.
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