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Malachi 3:4

“Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

עָרֵבʻârêb · aw-rabe'
H6149 · Hebrew

Definition: to be agreeable
Derivation: a primitive root (rather identical with H6148 (עָרַב) through the idea of close association);
KJV renderings: be pleasant(-ing), take pleasure in, be sweet.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
עָֽרְבָה֙ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
Code HC/Vqq3fs
Usage: Occurs 7 times in the Hebrew Bible.Psalms 104:34 Proverbs 3:24 Proverbs 13:19 Jeremiah 6:20 Jeremiah 31:26

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עָרֵב here.

Verse 3 Verse 5

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.