Malachi 1:2

Hebrew:  ahab eth amar Yehowah amar mah ahab lo awk asav yahakob nehum Yehowah ahab eth yahakob

Definitions/Hebrew Strong's numbers:

157-ahab:  to have affection, love, like, having a strong emotional attachment to and desire to possess, occupy and be in the presence of, close and intimate relating in familiar association, denoting union, joined, coupled, settled, married, kept, preferred, favored, chosen, selected, taken, belonging to someone, possessed, occupied, employed, devoted, consecrated, ordained, anointed, appointed, set, desire, delight, bear, carry, support, to teach to learn, penetrate, pierce, determine, will, purpose, pour out forth, communicate, remembrance, expression, own, resemblance, likeness, near and close together with, alongside with, follow, regard, attend, care, choice, accept near, yield, receive, make room for, save, furnish, contain, mark, fill, satisfy, duplicate, congruous in nature and spirit, call and ask for, seek after, name, call, intreat, keep in full flame, ignite, glow, refine, entreat, use, need, necessary, serviceable, ready and present, close at hand, lie near, agree, endure and abide with, permanent, stay, connection, relation of participation and proximity, to be in the same way with, tame, gentle, contact, consent, assent, special appreciation and knowledge, established, advantage, privilege, just like exact, assimilation, similitude, kept, delivered, preserved, ruled, regulated, governed, co-yoked, confirmed, verified, legitimate, lawful, complete, know well, fully acquainted with, anchored, immovable, continue, constancy, assurance, confidence, clear, open, public, visible, deliberate assent fo the will as a matter of principle, duty or propriety, love that values and esteems, unselfish love ready to serve, cherishing above all else manifesting affection characterized by constancy from a motive of highest veneration and respect, sustain, welcome, beloved, dear, set on fire, luminous, reaching the eye and heart, to understand, discern, reception, full of light, singlemindedness, reconciled, favorable reception, access, knit together, companion beside, to permit, hear, answer, hearken, correspond, attentive, follow intently, remain beside with, stay near, steadfast, relate near, be wholly give to, bond, adore, willing

853-eth:  sense of entity, self, pointing out definitively the object, even, namely, nearness, near with, by, among, idea of contraction in anguish longing for, to approach, to meet, deliver, seek, groan, lament, mourn, cry after, beseech, where? pray, ask after, call for, require, need, wail, crying out for, sorrow, distressed, troubled, woeful, sign, portent, appearing, mark

559-amar:  to say, speak, answer, command, tell, promise, call, appoint, avouch, bid, boast, challenge, charge, commune, declare, certify, desire, determine, intend, name, choose, favor, prefer, require, publish, communicating in spoken word, assign, behind Divine Speaking Is Divine Authority And Power To Accomplish, arrange, subdue, utter, pronounce, teach, entreat, commission, order, advice, decree, counsel, care, confer, record, testimony, witness, God's thoughts and will, estate, property, affirm, Word of God, commandment

3068-Yehowah:  God's personal name by which He related to His children and people, Creator, Self-Existent Eternal God, Highest Most High, Great I Am, Savior, Redeemer, Sacred and Holy Name of God, Almighty, I Am Who I Am, Supreme Sovereign, Ruler, Lord, Master, Owner, Controller, Divine Name, Powerful and Strong Able to Accomplish According to His Will, Presence, Exist, Be, Is, Accomplished, Committed, Supreme Being, Faithful, I Exist, I Am, God Who Performs His Covenant And Keeps It

559-amar:  to say, speak, answer, command, tell, promise, call, appoint, avouch, bid, boast, challenge, charge, commune, declare, certify, desire, determine, intend, name, choose, favor, prefer, require, publish, communicating in spoken word, assign, behind Divine Speaking Is Divine Authority And Power To Accomplish, arrange, subdue, utter, pronounce, teach, entreat, commission, order, advice, decree, counsel, care, confer, record, testimony, witness, God's thoughts and will, estate, property, affirm, Word of God, commandment

4100-mah:  how great, how mighty, how awesome and incredible, what, how, why, when, exclamation! whatever, which, whereby, wherein, how long, to what end, wherefore, wherewith, howsoever, whatsoever

157-ahab:  to have affection, love, like, having a strong emotional attachment to and desire to possess, occupy and be in the presence of, close and intimate relating in familiar association, denoting union, joined, coupled, settled, married, kept, preferred, favored, chosen, selected, taken, belonging to someone, possessed, occupied, employed, devoted, consecrated, ordained, anointed, appointed, set, desire, delight, bear, carry, support, to teach to learn, penetrate, pierce, determine, will, purpose, pour out forth, communicate, remembrance, expression, own, resemblance, likeness, near and close together with, alongside with, follow, regard, attend, care, choice, accept near, yield, receive, make room for, save, furnish, contain, mark, fill, satisfy, duplicate, congruous in nature and spirit, call and ask for, seek after, name, call, intreat, keep in full flame, ignite, glow, refine, entreat, use, need, necessary, serviceable, ready and present, close at hand, lie near, agree, endure and abide with, permanent, stay, connection, relation of participation and proximity, to be in the same way with, tame, gentle, contact, consent, assent, special appreciation and knowledge, established, advantage, privilege, just like, exact, assimilation, similitude, kept, delivered, preserved, ruled, regulated, governed, co-yoked, confirmed, verified, legitimate, lawful, complete, know well, fully acquainted with, anchored, immovable, continue, constancy, assurance, confidence, clear, open, public, visible, deliberate assent fo the will as a matter of principle, duty or propriety, love that values and esteems, unselfish love ready to serve, cherishing above all else manifesting affection characterized by constancy from a motive of highest veneration and respect, sustain, welcome, beloved, dear, set on fire, luminous, reaching the eye and heart, to understand, discern, reception, full of light, singlemindedness, reconciled, favorable reception, access, knit together, companion beside, to permit, hear, answer, hearken, correspond, attentive, follow intently, remain beside with, stay near, steadfast, relate near, be wholly give to, bond, adore, willing

3808-lo:  not, none, no, nay, never, neither, otherwise, ere, nor, without, cannot, before, ever

251-awk:  brother, used in the widest sense of relationships, affinity, resemblance, likeness, similitude, another, duplicate, kindred, related close and near, denoting union and connection, bond, knit together, belonging to one another, companion beside, reconciled, remain near beside, steadfast, reception, cherishing, ally, fellowship and association, to choose, prefer, favor, appoint, ordain, devoted, loyal, consecrated, faithful, kept, belonging with someone, alongside with, affection characterized by constancy, welcome, dear, beloved, understand and have access with, clear, assurance, confident, privilege, special appreciation, established, relation of participation and proximity, delight, pleasure, pleased with, near with, to teach to learn, influence, yield, maintain, support, save, deliver, suitable, agree, harmonious, congruous in nature and spirit, co-yoked, regard and attend, permanent, desire and need, necessary, require, joined, coupled, married, settled, taken, to commune, abudue, accompany, attentive, bond, adore, respect, be wholly given to

6215-asav:  to do or make, bring about, keep, offer, execute, commit, shew, prepare, work, perform, maintain, accomplish, appoint, become, bear, carry, have charge of, deck, fashion, finish, fulfill, furnish, gather, govern, rule, possess, occupy, support, save, preserve, follow, fit, equip, grant, hold, labor, meet, bring to fruition, provide, serve, set, requite, create, acquire, obtain, observe, to show, practice, ongoing mutual relationship between obligating reciprocal acts, build, produce, respond, answer, inward commitment, all aspects of Divine acts and actions, correspond, to handle, choose, select, prefer, favor, feed, nourish, nurture, form, dispatch, done, creation out of nothing, bringing and conceiving into being from previously nonexistent material, effecting new creation, Sovereign Power of God Who Originates and Regulates all things to His Glory, not in vain, beloved, dear, clean, clear, open, legitimate, legal, lawful, choice, pure, cleansed, refine, regenerate, need, necessary, require, enquire, seek after, request, accomplishing of a plan, will, devote, ordain, secure, fix, certain, verified, confirmed, affirmed, assured, sure, true, pour out, cast, steadfast, anoint, prefer, favor, continue, endure, abide, stay, remain, stand fast, be firm, permanent, established, enlighten, give light, teach, point out forth, show forth, direct, conduct, instruct, keep in full flame, ignite, melt, purpose, determine, shape, sharpen, frame, mold, cragt, plan, conception, structure, set on fire, burn, mark, penetrate, pierce through, own, prick, shine forth, blaze, keep, maintain, contain, feed, nourish, have dominion, sustain, abide, hold, receive, bear, guide, be present, make provision, apply, set up, render sure, faithfulness, firmly anchored, immovable, unchanging, bring to pass, fully arrive, complete, perfect, endure forever, trustworthy, capable, able, hardy, strong, ability, capacity, means to produce, bear fruit, abundance, have vital power to produce and harvest, skillful, unblemished, wisdom, understanding, knowledge, fortitude, withstand, full of majesty and power to deliver, advace, remember, constitute, measure, count, apportion, bestow, voluntary offering, Giver of all good gifts, restoration, healing, recover, regain, commit, procure, erect, build, purchase, own, redeem, attain, bringing into being, begets, acquire, occupy, rule, govern, defend, protect, undertake

3290-yahakob:  to swell, protuberant, prominent, conspicuous, to be high, mighty, powerful, seat of power, increase, magistrate, to rule, have dominion, possess, own, occupy, govern, able to circumvent, restrain, constrain, stay, remain, abide, endure, continue, steadfast, hardy, accomplished, set up, legitimate, clear, choice, affirm, verified, determined, purpose, established, prefer, favor, appoint, ordain, devote, anoint, hold, kept, taken, prefer, favor, choose, secure, certain, fixed, permanent, bind fast, made firm, able to bear fruit, important, chief, head, exalted, pre-eminent, manifest, verified, sustained, made plain, declared, show forth, certify, fulfill, satisfied, in the presence of

5002-nehum:  to utter, speak, say, affirm, show forth, shine, statement fo the Lord, expressed Thoughts and Will of God, Word of God, speaking and showing forth God's Will and Purpose, associated with the Word of God, pour out forth to show, appoint, ordain, purpose, determine, teach, penetrate, rain, water, feed, nourish, guide, lead, direct, keep, order, arrange, rule, govern, create, establish, verify, confirm, devote, occupy, possess, own, have dominion, deliver, save, heal, restore, redeem, defend, protect, restore, regenerate, regain, complete, perfect, endure forever, capable

3068-Yehowah:  God's personal name by which He related to His children and people, Creator, Self-Existent Eternal God, Highest Most High, Great I Am, Savior, Redeemer, Sacred and Holy Name of God, Almighty, I Am Who I Am, Supreme Sovereign, Ruler, Lord, Master, Owner, Controller, Divine Name, Powerful and Strong, Able to Accomplish According to His Will, Presence, Exist, Be, Is, Accomplished, Committed, Supreme Being, Faithful, I Exist, I Am, God Who Performs His Covenant And Keeps It

157-ahab:  to have affection, love, like, having a strong emotional attachment to and desire to possess, occupy and be in the presence of, close and intimate relating in familiar association, denoting union, joined, coupled, settled, married, kept, preferred, favored, chosen, selected, taken, belonging to someone, possessed, occupied, employed, devoted, consecrated, ordained, anointed, appointed, set, desire, delight, bear, carry, support, to teach to learn, penetrate, pierce, determine, will, purpose, pour out forth, communicate, remembrance, expression, own, resemblance, likeness, near and close together with, alongside with, follow, regard, attend, care, choice, accept near, yield, receive, make room for, save, furnish, contain, mark, fill, satisfy, duplicate, congruous in nature and spirit, call and ask for, seek after, name, call, intreat, keep in full flame, ignite, glow, refine, entreat, use, need, necessary, serviceable, ready and present, close at hand, lie near, agree, endure and abide with, permanent, stay, connection, relation of participation and proximity, to be in the same way with, tame, gentle, contact, consent, assent, special appreciation and knowledge, established, advantage, privilege, just like, exact, assimilation, similitude, kept, delivered, preserved, ruled, regulated, governed, co-yoked, confirmed, verified, legitimate, lawful, complete, know well, fully acquainted with, anchored, immovable, continue, constancy, assurance, confidence, clear, open, public, visible, deliberate assent fo the will as a matter of principle, duty or propriety, love that values and esttems, unselfish love ready to serve, cherishing above all else manifesting affection characterized by constancy from a motive of highest veneration and respect, sustain, welcome, beloved, dear, set on fire, luminous, reaching the eye and heart, to understand, discern, reception, full of light, singlemindedness, reconciled, favorable reception, access, knit together, companion beside, to permit, hear, answer, hearken, correspond, attentive, follow intently, remain beside with, stay near, steadfast, relate near, be wholly give to, bond, adore, willing

853-eth:  sense of entity, self, pointing out definitively the object, even, namely, nearness, near with, by, among, idea of contraction in anguish longing for, to approach, to meet, deliver, seek, groan, lament, mourn, cry after, beseech, where? pray, ask after, call for, require, need, wail, crying out for, sorrow, distressed, troubled, woeful, sign, portent, appearing, mark

3290-yahakob:  to swell, protuberant, prominent, conspicuous, to be high, mighty, powerful, seat of power, increase, magistrate, to rule, have dominion, possess, own, occupy, govern, able to circumvent, restrain, constrain, stay, remain, abide, endure, continue, steadfast, hardy, accomplished, set up, legitimate, clear, choice, affirm, verified, determined, purpose, established, prefer, favor, appoint, ordain, devote, anoint, hold, kept, taken, prefer, favor, choose, secure, certain, fixed, permanent, bind fast, made firm, able to bear fruit, important, chief, head, exalted, pre-eminent, manifest, verified, sustained, made plain, declared, show forth, certify, fulfill, satisfied, in the presence of

Interpretation based on the following study:  To love, favor, confirm, reconcile and join us  in a relationship of participation and intimacy to remain permanently with Him.  He is our  Devoted and Steadfast Companion Who Rules, Keeps and Preserves us.  Complete and fully acquainted with, anchored immovable in constancy to endure close, abiding in union, assimilated in full knowledge, co-yoked in harmonious and congruent nature and character.  He Governs, Defends and Protects us to be near and close with us.  Calling and seeking after us daily to be near and close with Him.  Desiring to commune, counsel and set forth His care by His Word.  Yehowah Creator Savior Highest Most High Eternal God longs to accomplish His Will and Blessing in us.  How Great and Incredible His Care and Unselfish Love, cherishing us in constancy to welcome and receive us in steadfast favor, to attend and remain near to stay with us.  Not another is like unto Him in Faithfulness, Devotion, Permanence, Regard and Attention, to commit and carry through to Fulfill, Support, Preserve, and Save.  Choosing and favoring us to pour out forth His Blessing, to nourish, defend and protect us in His Power and Occupation.  Being Chief and Pre-eminent to affirm and Shine forth by His Word, declaring His Will and Thoughts to Restore.  Yehowah, Powerful, Strong and Able to Accomplish according to His Word to bring about Fulfillment to Completely Satisfy and Keep in Faithfulness, to Love and Establish Immovable His beloved.  Cherished with Attentive Companionship in His Favor and Companionship, Verified to abide and endure in His Strength and Might.   He Saves and Appoints us to belong in His Steadfast Devotion and Faithfulness.

Definitions derived from:  The New Strong's Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, red letter edition, Hebrew & Greek Dictionary, 2010 edition.  CWP Teacher edition Interlinear Bible.  The Complete Word Study Dictionary Old Testament.

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