Verse 24

{ "verseID": "Malachi.3.24", "source": "וְהֵשִׁ֤יב לֵב־אָבוֹת֙ עַל־בָּנִ֔ים וְלֵ֥ב בָּנִ֖ים עַל־אֲבוֹתָ֑ם פֶּן־אָב֕וֹא וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ חֵֽרֶם׃", "text": "*We-heshiv* *lev*-*ʾavot* *ʿal*-*banim* *we-lev* *banim* *ʿal*-*ʾavotam* *pen*-*ʾavoʾ* *we-hikketi* *ʾet*-*ha-ʾarets* *ḥerem*.", "grammar": { "*We-heshiv*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will turn", "*lev*": "noun, masculine singular construct - heart of", "*ʾavot*": "noun, masculine plural - fathers", "*ʿal*": "preposition - to/upon", "*banim*": "noun, masculine plural - children/sons", "*we-lev*": "waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and heart of", "*banim*": "noun, masculine plural - children/sons", "*ʿal*": "preposition - to/upon", "*ʾavotam*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their fathers", "*pen*": "conjunction - lest", "*ʾavoʾ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I come", "*we-hikketi*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - and I strike", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*ha-ʾarets*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land/earth", "*ḥerem*": "noun, masculine singular - complete destruction/ban" }, "variants": { "*heshiv lev*": "turn the heart/restore the heart/reconcile", "*ʾavot ʿal-banim*": "fathers to children/parents to children", "*lev banim ʿal-ʾavotam*": "heart of children to their fathers/children to their parents", "*pen*": "lest/otherwise/so that not", "*ʾavoʾ*": "I come/I arrive", "*hikketi*": "strike/smite/hit", "*ha-ʾarets*": "the land/the earth/the ground", "*ḥerem*": "complete destruction/utter destruction/ban/devoted thing" } }

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