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Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. (KJV)
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וְגַם\־ve.gam-and also
Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: also
Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Malachi 2:9 word 1
אֲנִ֞י'a.NiI
Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Malachi 2:9 word 2
נָתַ֧תִּיna.Ta.tiI have made
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to give: make
Used 128 times. Also: Genesis 9:12, Genesis 17:2, Genesis 17:5, Genesis 17:6, Genesis 17:20, Genesis 42:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414I; TAHOT Malachi 2:9 word 3
אֶתְכֶ֛ם'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 2:9 word 4
נִבְזִ֥יםniv.Zimdespised
Lemma: בָּזָה (ba.zah) · Strong's: H0959
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVNrmpa)
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 2:9 word 5
וּשְׁפָלִ֖יםu.she.fa.Limand lowly
Lemma: שָׁפָל (sha.phal) · Strong's: H8217
Parsing: Aampa (Aampa)
Meaning: low
Used 17 times. Also: Leviticus 13:20, Leviticus 13:21, Leviticus 13:26, Leviticus 14:37, 2 Samuel 6:22, Job 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8217; TAHOT Malachi 2:9 word 6
לְכָל\־le.kholto all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Malachi 2:9 word 7
הָעָ֑םha.'Amthe people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Malachi 2:9 word 8
כְּפִ֗יke.Fiaccording to [the] mouth of
Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310K
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: lip: according
Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 43:7, Genesis 47:12, Exodus 12:4, Exodus 16:16, Exodus 16:18, Exodus 16:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6310K; TAHOT Malachi 2:9 word 9
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.Sherthat
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Malachi 2:9 word 10
אֵֽינְכֶם֙'ei.ne.Khemnot you
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Malachi 2:9 word 11
שֹׁמְרִ֣יםsho.me.Rim[are] keeping
Lemma: שָׁמַר (sha.mar) · Strong's: H8104G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to keep: obey
Used 202 times. Also: Genesis 17:9, Genesis 17:10, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 26:5, Genesis 37:11, Exodus 12:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8104G; TAHOT Malachi 2:9 word 12
אֶת\־'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 2:9 word 13
דְּרָכַ֔יde.ra.Khaiways my
Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Plural · Construct (HNcbpc)
Meaning: way: conduct
Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 6:12, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 31:35, Exodus 18:20, Exodus 32:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1870G; TAHOT Malachi 2:9 word 14
וְנֹשְׂאִ֥יםve.no.se.'Imand [you are] lifting up
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375Q
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to lift: kindness
Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 19:21, Genesis 32:20, Leviticus 19:15, Numbers 6:26, Deuteronomy 10:17, Deuteronomy 28:50 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375Q; TAHOT Malachi 2:9 word 15
פָּנִ֖יםpa.Nimfaces
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440N
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: face: kindness
Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 19:21, Genesis 32:20, Leviticus 19:15, Deuteronomy 1:17, Deuteronomy 10:17, Deuteronomy 16:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440N; TAHOT Malachi 2:9 word 16
בַּתּוֹרָֽה\׃\ \פba.to.Rahin <the> instruction
Lemma: תּוֹרָה (to.rah) · Strong's: H8451
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: instruction
Used 216 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 12:49, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:28, Exodus 18:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8451; TAHOT Malachi 2:9 word 17
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So I | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| in turn | → | גַּם H1571 also |
| have made | → | נָתַן H5414I to give: make |
| you despised | → | בָּזָה H0959 to despise |
| and humiliated | → | שָׁפָל H8217 low |
| before all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| the people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| because | → | פֶּה H6310K lip: according |
| you have not | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| kept | → | שָׁמַר H8104G to keep: obey |
| My ways | → | דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870G way: conduct |
| but have shown partiality | → | נָשָׂא H5375Q to lift: kindness |
| . . . | → | פָּנֶה H6440N face: kindness |
| in matters of the law | → | תּוֹרָה H8451 instruction |
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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