Malachi 2:9

וְגַם־אֲנִ֞י נָתַ֧תִּי אֶתְכֶ֛ם נִבְזִ֥ים וּשְׁפָלִ֖ים לְכָל־הָעָ֑ם כְּפִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֵֽינְכֶם֙ שֹׁמְרִ֣ים אֶת־דְּרָכַ֔י וְנֹשְׂאִ֥ים פָּנִ֖ים בַּתֹּורָֽה׃ פ

“And also I, I have made you despised and low before all the people, according to that you are not keeping my ways and are lifting up faces in the instruction.

Morphology

1. וְגַם (ve-gam) – Root: —; Form: Conjunction וְ + adverb; Translation: “and also”; Notes: Adds emphasis to the divine response.
2. אֲנִי (ʾani) – Root: —; Form: Independent pronoun 1st person common singular; Translation: “I”; Notes: Emphatic subject.
3. נָתַתִּי (natatti) – Root: נתן (natan); Form: Qal perfect 1st person common singular; Translation: “I have given” or “I have made”; Notes: Declarative act of judgment.
4. אֶתְכֶם (ʾetkhem) – Root: —; Form: Direct object marker אֶת + suffix 2nd person masculine plural; Translation: “you”; Notes: Marks direct object.
5. נִבְזִים (nivzim) – Root: בזה (bazah); Form: Nifal participle masculine plural; Translation: “despised”; Notes: Passive state of contempt.
6. וּשְׁפָלִים (u-shefalim) – Root: שׁפל (shafal); Form: Conjunction וְ + adjective masculine plural; Translation: “and low”; Notes: Social humiliation.
7. לְכָל (le-khol) – Root: כל (kol); Form: Preposition לְ + noun masculine singular construct; Translation: “before all” or “to all”; Notes: Governs הָעָם.
8. הָעָם (ha-ʿam) – Root: עם (ʿam); Form: Definite noun masculine singular; Translation: “the people”; Notes: Collective audience.
9. כְּפִי (ke-fi) – Root: פה (peh); Form: Preposition כְּ + noun masculine singular construct; Translation: “according to”; Notes: Idiomatically “according to the measure of.”
10. אֲשֶׁר (ʾasher) – Root: —; Form: Relative particle; Translation: “that” or “which”; Notes: Introduces relative clause.
11. אֵינְכֶם (ʾeinkhem) – Root: —; Form: Negative existential particle + suffix 2nd person masculine plural; Translation: “you are not”; Notes: Denies present condition.
12. שֹׁמְרִים (shomerim) – Root: שׁמר (shamar); Form: Qal active participle masculine plural; Translation: “keeping”; Notes: Ongoing failure.
13. אֶת (ʾet) – Root: —; Form: Direct object marker אֶת; Translation: —; Notes: Marks definite object.
14. דְּרָכַי (derakhai) – Root: דרך (derekh); Form: Noun feminine plural construct + suffix 1st person common singular; Translation: “my ways”; Notes: Refers to YHWH’s prescribed conduct.
15. וְנֹשְׂאִים (ve-nosʾim) – Root: נשא (nasaʾ); Form: Conjunction וְ + Qal active participle masculine plural; Translation: “and lifting up”; Notes: Idiom for showing partiality.
16. פָּנִים (panim) – Root: פנה (panah); Form: Noun masculine plural absolute; Translation: “faces”; Notes: Object of partiality.
17. בַּתֹּורָה (ba-torah) – Root: ירה (yarah); Form: Preposition בְּ + definite noun feminine singular; Translation: “in the instruction”; Notes: Sphere in which partiality occurs.