Malachi 3:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְגָעַרְתִּ֤י לָכֶם֙ בָּֽאֹכֵ֔ל וְלֹֽא־יַשְׁחִ֥ת לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־פְּרִ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֑ה וְלֹא־תְשַׁכֵּ֨ל לָכֶ֤ם הַגֶּ֙פֶן֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

We-gaʿarti lakhem ba-ʾokhel we-loʾ-yashḥit lakhem et-peri ha-ʾadamah we-loʾ-teshakkel lakhem ha-gefen ba-sadeh ʾamar YHWH tsevaʾot.

Grammar Details

*We-gaʿarti*: waw consecutive + Qal perfect, 1st person singular - and I will rebuke
*lakhem*: preposition with 2nd masculine plural suffix - for you
*ba-ʾokhel*: preposition + definite article + Qal participle, masculine singular - the devourer
*we-loʾ*: waw conjunction + negative particle - and not
*yashḥit*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will destroy
*et-peri*: direct object marker + noun, masculine singular construct - fruit of
*ha-ʾadamah*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the ground
*teshakkel*: Piel imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it will cast its fruit
*ha-gefen*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the vine
*ba-sadeh*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the field
*ʾamar*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - says/said
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*tsevaʾot*: noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies

Word Meanings

*gaʿarti*: rebuke/reproach/restrain
*ba-ʾokhel*: the devourer/the consumer/the eater [locusts or other pests]
*yashḥit*: destroy/ruin/corrupt/spoil
*peri*: fruit/produce/offspring
*ha-ʾadamah*: the ground/the soil/the land/the earth
*teshakkel*: cast its fruit/miscarry/be bereaved
*ha-gefen*: the vine/the grapevine
*ba-sadeh*: in the field/in the countryside

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Referenced Verses

Amos 4:9 : 9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Amos 7:1-3 : 1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. 2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
Hag 2:17 : 17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.
Zech 8:12 : 12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
Hab 3:17 : 17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Joel 1:12 : 12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
Joel 2:20 : 20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
Joel 2:22 : 22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
Deut 11:14 : 14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
Jer 8:13 : 13 I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
Joel 1:4 : 4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
Joel 1:7 : 7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

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