Malachi 2:14

Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data

"Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant."

Word-by-Word Analysis

עוֹד

ʻôwd

H5750

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

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ye

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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hath been

עֵד

ʻêd

H5707

concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince

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בֵּין

bêyn

H996

between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or

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thee and the

אִשָּׁה

ʼishshâh

H802

a woman

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of thy

נָעוּר

nâʻûwr

H5271

(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)

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קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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whom thou hast

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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בָּגַד

bâgad

H898

to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage

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עוֹד

ʻôwd

H5750

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

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is she thy

חָבֵר

châbêr

H2270

an associate

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and the

אִשָּׁה

ʼishshâh

H802

a woman

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of thy

בְּרִית

bᵉrîyth

H1285

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

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Key Terms in This Verse

companion H2270

חָבֵר châbêr

an associate

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treacherously H898

בָּגַד bâgad

to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage

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dealt H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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youth H5271

נָעוּר nâʻûwr

(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)

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witness H5707

עֵד ʻêd

concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince

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between H996

בֵּין bêyn

between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or

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covenant H1285

בְּרִית bᵉrîyth

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

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Wherefore H3651

כֵּן kên

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

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wife H802

אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh

a woman

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wife H802

אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh

a woman

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Cross References

Malachi 2:15 cross-reference

And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife ...

Isaiah 54:6 cross-reference

For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

Ecclesiastes 9:9 cross-reference

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in th...

Genesis 31:50 cross-reference

If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.

Jeremiah 42:5 cross-reference

Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.

Malachi 3:5 cross-reference

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his...

Proverbs 2:17 cross-reference

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

Jeremiah 8:12 cross-reference

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they...

Micah 1:2 cross-reference

Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy temple.

Proverbs 30:20 cross-reference

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

Ezekiel 16:8 cross-reference

Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant ...

Song of Solomon 1:15 cross-reference

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.

Genesis 2:18 cross-reference

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

1 Samuel 12:5 cross-reference

And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

Isaiah 58:3 cross-reference

Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours...

Judges 11:10 cross-reference

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

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