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title: מַלְאָכִי — Malachi · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַלְאָכִי (4401), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Malachi. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Malachi. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַלְאָכִי

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«מַלְאָכִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Malachi** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4401 · **BDB:** מַלְאָכִי

### Glosses

of.Malachi (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Malachi [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4401/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Malachi [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4401/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** appar. n.pr.m. Malachi, Mal 1:1, but in fact not historical name of author, nor pseudonym for Ezra; prob. a conjecture based on 3:1; so many moderns; see Dr Intr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַלְאָכִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4401/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Malachi 1:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.1.1/)

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מַשָּׂ֥א דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בְּיַ֖ד מַלְאָכִֽי׃

*Word for word:* the.oracle of.the.word of.Yahweh to Israel by the.hand of.Malachi

*JPS 1917:* THE BURDEN of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.

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