Malachi 1:3
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.”
נַחֲלָה
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
מִדְבָּר
the wilderness
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מִדְבָּר
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
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הַר
mountains/ his
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הַר
A mountain. Har. The mountain of the LORD. His holy mountain. God meets His people on mountains.
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עֵשָׂו
Esau
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עֵשָׂו
Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity
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שְׁמָמָה
a waste
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שְׁמָמָה
devastation; figuratively, astonishment
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שָׂנֵא
I hated
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שָׂנֵא
to hate (personally)
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