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Malachi 1:7

Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.

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מַגִּישִׁ֤יםmagishimbringנָגַשׁverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “bring”, a verb used as a describing wordH5066to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back(make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.עַֽלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…מִזְבְּחִי֙mizbechialtarמִזְבֵּחַnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “altar”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4196an altaraltar.לֶ֣חֶםlechembreadלֶחֶםnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “bread”, the ordinary formH3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)(shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.מְגֹאָ֔לmegoaldefileגָּאַלverb, pual, passive participle, absolute — “defile”, a verb used as a describing wordH1351to soil or (figuratively) desecratedefile, pollute, stain.וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םvaamartemand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and say”, a completed action in a sequenceH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…בַּמֶּ֣הbamehin howמָהpreposition, particle, interrogative — “in how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.גֵֽאַלְנ֑וּךָgealnukhadefileגָּאַלverb, piel, perfect, 1st person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “defile”, a completed actionH1351to soil or (figuratively) desecratedefile, pollute, stain.בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֕םbeemarekhemin sayאָמַרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “in say”, the to-form of the verbH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…שֻׁלְחַ֥ןshulchantableשֻׁלְחָןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “table”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7979a table (as spread out); by implication, a mealtable.יְהוָ֖הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).נִבְזֶ֥הnivzehdespiseבָּזָהverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “despise”, a verb used as a describing wordH959to disesteemdespise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), [phrase] think to scorn, vile person.הֽוּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Ye offer polluted bread upon Mine altar. And ye say: 'Wherein have we polluted thee?' In that ye say: 'The table of the LORD is contemptible.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. And ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.

Young’s Literal Translation

Ye are bringing nigh on Mine altar polluted bread, And ye have said: 'In what have we polluted Thee?' In your saying: 'The table of Jehovah — it [is] despicable,'

World English Bible

You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is contemptible.’

Darby Translation

Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.

Douay-Rheims

To you, O priests, that despise my name, and have said: Wherein have we despised thy name? You offer polluted bread upon my altar, and you say: Wherein have we polluted thee? In that you say: The table of the Lord is contemptible.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Ye offer polluted bread upon Mine altar. And ye say: 'Wherein have we polluted thee?' In that ye say: 'The table of the LORD is contemptible.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

In that ye bring to mine altar polluted bread; and ye said, Wherein have ye polluted it? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and that which was set thereon ye have despised.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Προσάγοντες πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριόν μου ἄρτους ἠλισγημένους, καὶ εἴπατε, ἐν τίνι ἠλισγήσαμεν αὐτούς; ἐν τῷ λέγειν ὑμᾶς, τράπεζα Κυρίου ἠλισγημένη ἐστί, καὶ τὰ ἐπιτιθέμενα ἐξουδενώσατε.