Malachichapter 4
6 verses · Malachi · 460 to 430 BC · The Twelve
Original Language
Malachi 4— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
In Jewish life
Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Malachi 4. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.
The reading
The yearly cycle does not read Malachi 4. The Haftarah is drawn from the Prophets a passage at a time rather than continuously, so most chapters of most prophetic books are never read in the service, and this is one of them.
The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
The day burning like an oven, and the Sun of Righteousness1
Malachi 4:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Malachi 4:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Malachi 4:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Remember the law; Elijah before the great and terrible day4
Malachi 4:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Malachi 4:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Malachi 4:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible