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Malachi 3:7

Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
Malachi 3:7
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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)

לְמִימֵ֨י אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֜ם סַרְתֶּ֤ם מֵֽחֻקַּי֙ וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַרְתֶּ֔ם שׁ֤וּבוּ אֵלַי֙ וְאָשׁ֣וּבָה אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בַּמֶּ֥ה נָשֽׁוּב׃

  1. לְמִימֵ֨יle.mi.Mei“<to> from [the] days of”
    Preposition + Preposition + Noun, masculine, plural, construct · from יוֹם · “day” · Strong's H3117G
  2. אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֜ם'a.vo.tei.Khem“ancestors your”
    Noun, feminine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from אָב · “father” · Strong's H0001G
  3. סַרְתֶּ֤םsar.Tem“you have turned aside”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from סוּר · “turn aside” · Strong's H5493I
  4. מֵֽחֻקַּי֙me.chu.Kai“from statutes my”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from חֹק · “decree” · Strong's H2706G
  5. וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'“and not”
    Conjunction + Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  6. שְׁמַרְתֶּ֔םshe.mar.Tem“you have kept [them]”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from שָׁמַר · “obey” · Strong's H8104G
  7. שׁ֤וּבוּShu.vu“return”
    Verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from שׁוּב · “return” · Strong's H7725G
  8. אֵלַי֙'e.Lai“to me”
    Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  9. וְאָשׁ֣וּבָהve.'a.Shu.vah“so let me return”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, infinitive construct, 1st person, common, singular · from שׁוּב · “return” · Strong's H7725G
  10. אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם'a.lei.Khem“to you”
    Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  11. אָמַ֖ר'a.Mar“he says”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  12. יְהוָ֣הYah.weh“Yahweh”
    Noun, proper name, title · from יהוה · “LORD” · Strong's H3068G
  13. צְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'ot“of hosts”
    Noun, feminine, plural, absolute · from צָבָא · “Hosts” · Strong's H6635B
  14. וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םva.'a.mar.Tem“and you say”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  15. בַּמֶּ֥הba.Meh“<in> how?”
    Preposition + Pronoun, interrogative · from מָה · “what?” · Strong's H4100
  16. נָשֽׁוּב׃na.Shuv“will we return”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural · from שׁוּב · “return” · Strong's H7725G
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)