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I have loved you, saith the LORD . Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD : yet I loved Jacob, (KJV)
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אָהַ֤בְתִּי'a.Hav.tiI have loved
Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to love: lover
Used 196 times. Also: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0157G; TAHOT Malachi 1:2 word 1
אֶתְכֶם֙'et.Khem<obj.> you
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Malachi 1:2 word 2
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe says
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Malachi 1:2 word 3
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Malachi 1:2 word 4
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םva.'a.mar.Temand you say
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqq2mp)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Malachi 1:2 word 5
בַּמָּ֣הba.Mah<in> how?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Malachi 1:2 word 6
אֲהַבְתָּ֑נוּ'a.hav.Ta.nuhave you loved us
Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to love: lover
Used 196 times. Also: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0157G; TAHOT Malachi 1:2 word 7
הֲלוֹא\־ha.lo'-¿ not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Malachi 1:2 word 8
אָ֨ח'ach[did] a brother
Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: brother: male-sibling
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT Malachi 1:2 word 9
עֵשָׂ֤ו'e.SavEsau
Lemma: עֵשָׂו (e.sav) · Strong's: H6215H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Esau
Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 36:40, Genesis 36:43, Deuteronomy 2:4, Deuteronomy 2:5, Deuteronomy 2:8, Deuteronomy 2:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6215H; TAHOT Malachi 1:2 word 10
לְיַֽעֲקֹב֙le.ya.'a.Ko[belong] to Jacob
Lemma: יַעֲקֹב (ya.a.qov) · Strong's: H3290
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jacob
Used 350 times. Also: Genesis 25:26, Genesis 25:27, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 25:29, Genesis 25:30, Genesis 25:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3290; TAHOT Malachi 1:2 word 11
נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance of
Lemma: נְאֻם (ne.um) · Strong's: H5002
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: utterance
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 22:16, Numbers 14:28, Numbers 24:3, Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:15, Numbers 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5002; TAHOT Malachi 1:2 word 12
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Malachi 1:2 word 13
וָאֹהַ֖בva.'o.Havand I loved
Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)
Meaning: to love: lover
Used 196 times. Also: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0157G; TAHOT Malachi 1:2 word 14
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Malachi 1:2 word 15
יַעֲקֹֽב\׃ya.'a.KoJacob
Lemma: יַעֲקֹב (ya.a.qov) · Strong's: H3290
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jacob
Used 350 times. Also: Genesis 25:26, Genesis 25:27, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 25:29, Genesis 25:30, Genesis 25:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3290; TAHOT Malachi 1:2 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I have loved you | → | אָהֵב H0157G to love: lover |
| says | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| But you ask | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| How | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| have You loved us | → | אָהֵב H0157G to love: lover |
| Was not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| Esau | → | עֵשָׂו H6215H Esau |
| Jacob’s | → | יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob |
| brother | → | אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling |
| declares | → | נְאֻם H5002 utterance |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| Yet Jacob | → | יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob |
| I have loved | → | אָהֵב H0157G to love: lover |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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