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Hebrew wordlink #380793

OSHB Mal 3:1 חֲפֵצִים (ḩₐfēʦīm) Strongs=2655 Lemma=‘חָפֵץ’
contextual word gloss=‘[are]_delighting’ word gloss=‘delight’
Morphology=Aampa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-397 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Malachi

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Only use of identical word form ‘חֲפֵצִים’ (Morphology=Aampa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חֲפֵצִים’ (Morphology=Aampa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘[are]_delighting’.

MAL 3:1 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_delighting’ word gloss=‘delight’ OSHB MAL 3:1 word 19

OET-LV:  Here_I am_about _to _send messenger _of_my and_he _will _make _clear a _way before_me and_suddenly he _will _come to temple _of_his the_master whom you(pl) are_seeking and_the _messenger _of the _covenant whom you(pl) are_delighting THERE he_is_about _to _come YHWH he _says soldiers/messengers. (MAL_3:1)

OET-RV:  “Listen, I’m about to send my messenger and he’ll prepare the path ahead of me. Then the master who you’re all looking for will suddenly come to his temple, yes, the messenger who you are all happy about—the party to the agreement—he’ll come,” says army-commander Yahweh. (MAL 3:1)