13{
"verseID": "Malachi.3.13",
"source": "חָזְק֥וּ עָלַ֛י דִּבְרֵיכֶ֖ם אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם מַה־נִּדְבַּ֖רְנוּ עָלֶֽיךָ׃",
"text": "*Ḥazqu* *ʿalay* *divrekhem* *ʾamar* *YHWH* *wa-ʾamartem* *mah*-*nidbarnu* *ʿalekha*.",
"grammar": {
"*Ḥazqu*": "Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they have been strong/harsh",
"*ʿalay*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - against me",
"*divrekhem*": "noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your words",
"*ʾamar*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - says/said",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/LORD",
"*wa-ʾamartem*": "waw consecutive + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you say",
"*mah*": "interrogative pronoun - what",
"*nidbarnu*": "Niphal perfect, 1st common plural - have we spoken",
"*ʿalekha*": "preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - against you"
},
"variants": {
"*Ḥazqu*": "been strong/been harsh/been severe/prevailed",
"*divrekhem*": "your words/your statements/your speech",
"*mah-nidbarnu*": "what have we spoken/how have we talked",
"*ʿalekha*": "against you/concerning you/about you"
}
}
14{
"verseID": "Malachi.3.14",
"source": "אֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם שָׁ֖וְא עֲבֹ֣ד אֱלֹהִ֑ים וּמַה־בֶּ֗צַע כִּ֤י שָׁמַ֙רְנוּ֙ מִשְׁמַרְתּ֔וֹ וְכִ֤י הָלַ֙כְנוּ֙ קְדֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית מִפְּנֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃",
"text": "*ʾAmartem* *shawʾ* *ʿavod* *ʾElohim* *u-mah*-*betsaʿ* *ki* *shamarnu* *mishmaarto* *we-khi* *halakhnu* *qedoranit* *mi-pene* *YHWH* *tsevaʾot*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾAmartem*": "Qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - you have said",
"*shawʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - futile/worthless",
"*ʿavod*": "Qal infinitive construct - to serve",
"*ʾElohim*": "noun, masculine plural - God",
"*u-mah*": "waw conjunction + interrogative pronoun - and what",
"*betsaʿ*": "noun, masculine singular - profit/gain",
"*ki*": "conjunction - that/because",
"*shamarnu*": "Qal perfect, 1st common plural - we have kept",
"*mishmaarto*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his charge/requirement",
"*we-khi*": "waw conjunction + conjunction - and that/because",
"*halakhnu*": "Qal perfect, 1st common plural - we have walked",
"*qedoranit*": "adverb - in mourning/mournfully",
"*mi-pene*": "preposition + noun, plural construct - from before/because of",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/LORD",
"*tsevaʾot*": "noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies"
},
"variants": {
"*shawʾ*": "futile/worthless/vain/empty",
"*ʿavod*": "to serve/to worship/to minister to",
"*ʾElohim*": "God/gods/divine being",
"*betsaʿ*": "profit/gain/advantage",
"*shamarnu*": "kept/observed/guarded",
"*mishmaarto*": "his charge/his service/his ordinance/his command",
"*halakhnu*": "walked/gone/conducted ourselves",
"*qedoranit*": "in mourning/mournfully/in black/glumly",
"*mi-pene*": "from before/because of/on account of"
}
}