Verse 21

{ "verseID": "Malachi.3.21", "source": "וְעַסּוֹתֶ֣ם רְשָׁעִ֔ים כִּֽי־יִהְי֣וּ אֵ֔פֶר תַּ֖חַת כַּפּ֣וֹת רַגְלֵיכֶ֑ם בַּיּוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲנִ֣י עֹשֶׂ֔ה אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃ פ", "text": "*We-ʿassotem* *reshaʿim* *ki*-*yihyu* *ʾefer* *taḥat* *kappot* *raglekhem* *ba-yom* *ʾasher* *ʾani* *ʿoseh* *ʾamar* *YHWH* *tsevaʾot*.", "grammar": { "*We-ʿassotem*": "waw consecutive + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you will tread down", "*reshaʿim*": "adjective, masculine plural - wicked ones", "*ki*": "conjunction - for/because", "*yihyu*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will be", "*ʾefer*": "noun, masculine singular - ashes", "*taḥat*": "preposition - under", "*kappot*": "noun, feminine plural construct - soles of", "*raglekhem*": "noun, feminine dual with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your feet", "*ba-yom*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the day", "*ʾasher*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*ʾani*": "1st person singular pronoun - I", "*ʿoseh*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - making/doing", "*ʾamar*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - says/said", "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/LORD", "*tsevaʾot*": "noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies" }, "variants": { "*ʿassotem*": "tread down/trample/crush", "*reshaʿim*": "wicked ones/evil people/wrongdoers", "*yihyu ʾefer*": "they will be ashes/they will become ashes", "*taḥat kappot raglekhem*": "under the soles of your feet/beneath your feet", "*ba-yom ʾasher ʾani ʿoseh*": "in the day that I am preparing/on the day I act/when I do this" } }

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