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Malachi 1:2

“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
Malachi 1:2
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

אָהַ֤בְתִּי אֶתְכֶם֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בַּמָּ֣ה אֲהַבְתָּ֑נוּ הֲלוֹא־אָ֨ח עֵשָׂ֤ו לְיַֽעֲקֹב֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וָאֹהַ֖ב אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹֽב׃

  1. אָהַ֤בְתִּי'a.Hav.ti“I have loved”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular · from אָהֵב · “lover” · Strong's H0157G
  2. אֶתְכֶם֙'et.Khem“<obj.> you”
    Particle, direct object marker + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from אֵת · “[Obj.]” · Strong's H0853
  3. אָמַ֣ר'a.Mar“he says”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  4. יְהוָ֔הYah.weh“Yahweh”
    Noun, proper name, title · from יהוה · “LORD” · Strong's H3068G
  5. וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םva.'a.mar.Tem“and you say”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  6. בַּמָּ֣הba.Mah“<in> how?”
    Preposition + Pronoun, interrogative · from מָה · “what?” · Strong's H4100
  7. אֲהַבְתָּ֑נוּ'a.hav.Ta.nu“have you loved us”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, plural · from אָהֵב · “lover” · Strong's H0157G
  8. הֲלוֹא־ha.lo'-“¿ not”
    Particle, interrogative + Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  9. אָ֨ח'ach“[did] a brother”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from אָח · “male-sibling” · Strong's H0251G
  10. עֵשָׂ֤ו'e.Sav“Esau”
    Noun, proper name of a man · from עֵשָׂו · “Esau” · Strong's H6215H
  11. לְיַֽעֲקֹב֙le.ya.'a.Ko“[belong] to Jacob”
    Preposition + Noun, proper name of a man · from יַעֲקֹב · “Jacob” · Strong's H3290
  12. נְאֻם־ne.'um-“[the] utterance of”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from נְאֻם · “utterance” · Strong's H5002
  13. יְהוָ֔הYah.weh“Yahweh”
    Noun, proper name, title · from יהוה · “LORD” · Strong's H3068G
  14. וָאֹהַ֖בva.'o.Hav“and I loved”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular · from אָהֵב · “lover” · Strong's H0157G
  15. אֶֽת־'et-“<obj.>”
    Particle, direct object marker · from אֵת · “[Obj.]” · Strong's H0853
  16. יַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.Ko“Jacob”
    Noun, proper name of a man · from יַעֲקֹב · “Jacob” · Strong's H3290
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)