Strong's KJV Malachi 1:2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

From Original Authorized King James Version phpBible_av

Malachi 1:2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

From Original Young's Literal Translation Version YLT

Malachi 1:2 I have loved you, said Jehovah, And ye have said, `In what hast Thou loved us?'

From Original World English Bible Translation Version WEB

Malachi 1:2 "I have loved you," says Yahweh. Yet you say, "How have you loved us?" "Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?" says Yahweh, "Yet I loved Jacob;

Strong's Hebrew~English LIT Bible:
Malachi 1:2
(be-)love(-d, -ly, -r),.. אָהַב~'ahab~/aw-hab'/	utterance/declaration/... (hath) said, saith נְאֻם~n'um~/neh-oom'/
"The Holy Creator of t... Jehovah, the Lord יְהֹוָה~Yhovah~/yeh-ho-vaw'/	"to say/speak/utter" Answer, appoint, avouch.. אָמַר~'amar~/aw-mar'/
(be-)love(-d, -ly, -r),.. אָהַב~'ahab~/aw-hab'/	Esau עֵשָׂו~`Esav~/ay-sawv'/
Jacob Jacob יַעֲקֹב~Ya`aqob~/yah-ak-obe'/	Another, brother(-ly); .. אָח~'ach~/awkh/
"to say/speak/utter" Answer, appoint, avouch.. אָמַר~'amar~/aw-mar'/	"The Holy Creator of t... Jehovah, the Lord יְהֹוָה~Yhovah~/yeh-ho-vaw'/
(be-)love(-d, -ly, -r),.. אָהַב~'ahab~/aw-hab'/	Jacob Jacob יַעֲקֹב~Ya`aqob~/yah-ak-obe'/

Malachi 1:2 From Original Hebrew Authorized King James Version

[157]	[5002]	[3068]	[559]	[157]	[6215]	[3290]	[251]	[559]	[3068]	[157]	[3290]
['ahab]	[n'um]	[Yhovah]	['amar]	['ahab]	[`Esav]	[Ya`aqob]	['ach]	['amar]	[Yhovah]	['ahab]	[Ya`aqob]
אָהַב אָהַב	נְאֻם נְאֻם	יְהֹוָה יְהֹוָה	אָמַר אָמַר	אָהַב אָהַב	עֵשָׂו עֵשָׂו	יַעֲקֹב יַעֲקֹב	אָח אָח	אָמַר אָמַר	יְהֹוָה יְהֹוָה	אָהַב אָהַב	יַעֲקֹב יַעֲקֹב
(be-)love(-d, -ly...	utterance/declara...	"The Holy Creator...	"to say/speak/utter"	(be-)love(-d, -ly...	Esau	Jacob	another, brother(...	"to say/speak/utter"	"The Holy Creator...	(be-)love(-d, -ly...	Jacob
בַהָא	םֻאְנ	הָוֹהְי	רַמָא	בַהָא	וָׂשֵע	בֹקֲעַי	חָא	רַמָא	הָוֹהְי	בַהָא	בֹקֲעַי
[baha']	[mu'n]	[havohY]	[rama']	[baha']	[vasE`]	[boqa`aY]	[hca']	[rama']	[havohY]	[baha']	[boqa`aY]

Strong's Dictionary Number: [157]

157

1 Original Word: אָהַב
2 Word Origin: a primitive root
3 Transliterated Word: 'ahab
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: TWOT - 29
5 Phonetic Spelling: aw-hab'
6 Part of Speech: Verb
7 Strong's Definition: or raheb {aw-habe'}; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise):--(be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
8 Definition:

to love
1. (Qal)
  1. human love for another, includes family, and sexual
  2. human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom
  3. human love for or to God
  4. act of being a friend 1a
2. lover (participle) 1a
3. friend (participle)
  1. God's love toward man 1a
4. to individual men 1a
5. to people Israel 1a
6. to righteousness
7. (Niphal)
  1. lovely (participle)
  2. loveable (participle)
8. (Piel)
  1. friends
  2. lovers (fig. of adulterers)
to like

9 English:
0 Usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend

Strong's Dictionary Number: [5002]

5002

1 Original Word: נְאֻם
2 Word Origin: from (05001)
3 Transliterated Word: n'um
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: TWOT - 1272a
5 Phonetic Spelling: neh-oom'
6 Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
7 Strong's Definition: from [05001;]05001; an oracle:--(hath) said, saith.
8 Definition:

(Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet)
1. utterance, declaration, revelation (of prophet in ecstatic state)
2. utterance, declaration (elsewhere always preceding divine name)

9 English: utterance/declaration/revelation
0 Usage: (hath) said, saith

Strong's Dictionary Number: [3068]

3068

1 Original Word: יְהֹוָה
2 Word Origin: from (01961)
3 Transliterated Word: Yhovah
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: TWOT - 484a
5 Phonetic Spelling: yeh-ho-vaw'
6 Part of Speech: Proper Name
7 Strong's Definition: from [01961;]01961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:--Jehovah, the Lord. Compare [03050,]03050, [03069.]03069.
8 Definition: Jehovah = "the existing One"

the proper name of the one true God
1. unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of 0136

9 English: "The Holy Creator of the Universe yeh-ho-vaw'"
0 Usage: Jehovah, the Lord

Strong's Dictionary Number: [559]

559

1 Original Word: אָמַר
2 Word Origin: a primitive root
3 Transliterated Word: 'amar
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: TWOT - 118
5 Phonetic Spelling: aw-mar'
6 Part of Speech: Verb
7 Strong's Definition: a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.
8 Definition:

to say, speak, utter
1. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
2. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
3. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
4. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

9 English: "to say/speak/utter"
0 Usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet

Strong's Dictionary Number: [157]

157

to love
1. (Qal)
  1. human love for another, includes family, and sexual
  2. human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom
  3. human love for or to God
  4. act of being a friend 1a
2. lover (participle) 1a
3. friend (participle)
  1. God's love toward man 1a
4. to individual men 1a
5. to people Israel 1a
6. to righteousness
7. (Niphal)
  1. lovely (participle)
  2. loveable (participle)
8. (Piel)
  1. friends
  2. lovers (fig. of adulterers)
to like

9 English:
0 Usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend

Strong's Dictionary Number: [6215]

6215

1 Original Word: עֵשָׂו
2 Word Origin: apparently a form of the pass. part. of (06213) in the original sense of handling
3 Transliterated Word: `Esav
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: None
5 Phonetic Spelling: ay-sawv'
6 Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
7 Strong's Definition: apparently a form of the passive participle of [06213]06213 in the original sense of handling; rough (i.e. sensibly felt); Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity:--Esau.
8 Definition: Esau = "hairy"

eldest son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Jacob; sold the birthright for food when he was hungry and the divine blessing went to Jacob; progenitor of the Arab peoples

9 English:
0 Usage: Esau

Strong's Dictionary Number: [3290]

3290

1 Original Word: יַעֲקֹב
2 Word Origin: from (06117)
3 Transliterated Word: Ya`aqob
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: None
5 Phonetic Spelling: yah-ak-obe'
6 Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
7 Strong's Definition: from [06117;]06117; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch:--Jacob.
8 Definition: Jacob = "heel holder" or "supplanter"

son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel

9 English: Jacob
0 Usage: Jacob

Strong's Dictionary Number: [251]

251

1 Original Word: אָח
2 Word Origin: a primitive word
3 Transliterated Word: 'ach
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: TWOT - 62a
5 Phonetic Spelling: awkh
6 Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
7 Strong's Definition: a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like [01)):--another,]01)):--another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
8 Definition:

brother
1. brother of same parents
2. half-brother (same father)
3. relative, kinship, same tribe
4. each to the other (reciprocal relationship)
5. (fig.) of resemblance

9 English:
0 Usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other

Strong's Dictionary Number: [559]

559

to say, speak, utter
1. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
2. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
3. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
4. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

Strong's Dictionary Number: [3068]

3068

the proper name of the one true God
1. unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of 0136

9 English: "The Holy Creator of the Universe yeh-ho-vaw'"
0 Usage: Jehovah, the Lord

Strong's Dictionary Number: [157]

157

to love
1. (Qal)
  1. human love for another, includes family, and sexual
  2. human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom
  3. human love for or to God
  4. act of being a friend 1a
2. lover (participle) 1a
3. friend (participle)
  1. God's love toward man 1a
4. to individual men 1a
5. to people Israel 1a
6. to righteousness
7. (Niphal)
  1. lovely (participle)
  2. loveable (participle)
8. (Piel)
  1. friends
  2. lovers (fig. of adulterers)
to like