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Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. (KJV)

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מַגִּישִׁ֤יםma.gi.Shim[you are] bringing near

Lemma: נָגַשׁ (na.gash) · Strong's: H5066H

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVhrmpa)

Meaning: to approach: bring

Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 27:25, Genesis 48:10, Genesis 48:13, Exodus 21:6, Exodus 32:6, Leviticus 2:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5066H; TAHOT Malachi 1:7 word 1

עַֽל\־'al-on

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Malachi 1:7 word 2

מִזְבְּחִי֙miz.be.Chialtar my

Lemma: מִזְבֵּחַ (miz.be.ach) · Strong's: H4196

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: altar

Used 399 times. Also: Genesis 8:20, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:18, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4196; TAHOT Malachi 1:7 word 3

לֶ֣חֶםLe.chemfood

Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: food

Used 72 times. Also: Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 43:31, Genesis 43:32, Genesis 47:12, Genesis 47:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3899G; TAHOT Malachi 1:7 word 4

מְגֹאָ֔לme.go.'Aldefiled

Lemma: גָּאַל (ga.al) · Strong's: H1351

Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVPsmsa)

Meaning: to defile

Used 11 times. Also: Ezra 2:62, Nehemiah 7:64, Isaiah 59:3, Isaiah 63:3, Lamentations 4:14, Daniel 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1351; TAHOT Malachi 1:7 word 5

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 1:7 word 6

בַּמֶּ֣הba.Meh<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 1:7 word 7

גֵֽאַלְנ֑וּךָge.'al.Nu.khahave we defiled you

Lemma: גָּאַל (ga.al) · Strong's: H1351

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVpp1cp)

Meaning: to defile

Used 11 times. Also: Ezra 2:62, Nehemiah 7:64, Isaiah 59:3, Isaiah 63:3, Lamentations 4:14, Daniel 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1351; TAHOT Malachi 1:7 word 8

בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֕םbe.'e.ma.re.Khemby saying you

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

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 1:7 word 9

שֻׁלְחַ֥ןshul.Chan[the] table of

Lemma: שֻׁלְחָן (shul.chan) · Strong's: H7979

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: table

Used 71 times. Also: Exodus 25:23, Exodus 25:27, Exodus 25:28, Exodus 25:30, Exodus 26:35, Exodus 30:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7979; TAHOT Malachi 1:7 word 10

יְהוָ֖הYah.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 1:7 word 11

נִבְזֶ֥הniv.Zeh[is] despicable

Lemma: בָּזָה (ba.zah) · Strong's: H0959

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)

Meaning: to despise

Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 25:34, Numbers 15:31, 1 Samuel 2:30, 1 Samuel 10:27, 1 Samuel 17:42, 2 Samuel 6:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0959; TAHOT Malachi 1:7 word 12

הֽוּא\׃Hu'it

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Malachi 1:7 word 13

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

By presenting	→	נָגַשׁ H5066H to approach: bring
defiled	→	גָּאַל H1351 to defile
food	→	לֶ֫חֶם H3899G food
on	→	עַל H5921A upon
My altar	→	מִזְבֵּחַ H4196 altar
But you ask	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
How	→	מָה H4100 what?
have we defiled You	→	גָּאַל H1351 to defile
By saying that	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
the table	→	שֻׁלְחָן H7979 table
of the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
is contemptible	→	בָּזָה H0959 to despise
. . .	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it

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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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