וְיִצָּֽרְפוּ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְיִצָּֽרְפוּ֙

   ve-yits-tsar-FU

   and be refined
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְיִֽתְלַבְּנ֤וּ וְיִצָּֽרְפוּ֙

   ve-yit-lab-NU ve-yits-tsar-FU

   and make themselves white and be refined
3. clause🔊 יִ֠תְבָּֽרֲרוּ וְיִֽתְלַבְּנ֤וּ וְיִצָּֽרְפוּ֙ רַבִּ֔ים וְהִרְשִׁ֣יעוּ רְשָׁעִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א יָבִ֖ינוּ כָּל־רְשָׁעִ֑ים

   yit-ba-ra-RU ve-yit-lab-NU ve-yits-tsar-FU ra-BIM ve-hir-shi-U re-sha-IM ve-LO ya-vi-NU KAL-re-sha-IM

   many purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined the wicked ones but act wickedly all the wicked ones and not understand
4. sentence🔊 יִ֠תְבָּֽרֲרוּ וְיִֽתְלַבְּנ֤וּ וְיִצָּֽרְפוּ֙ רַבִּ֔ים וְהִרְשִׁ֣יעוּ רְשָׁעִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א יָבִ֖ינוּ כָּל־רְשָׁעִ֑ים וְהַמַּשְׂכִּלִ֖ים יָבִֽינוּ׃

   yit-ba-ra-RU ve-yit-lab-NU ve-yits-tsar-FU ra-BIM ve-hir-shi-U re-sha-IM ve-LO ya-vi-NU KAL-re-sha-IM ve-ham-mas-ki-LIM ya-vi-NU

   many purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined the wicked ones but act wickedly all the wicked ones and not understand but the wise ones understand

Exegesis

The verse begins with a series of intensive passive and iterative actions expressed by hitpael and niphal imperfect verbs, yitbararu {יִ֠תְבָּֽרֲרוּ | yiṯbārărû} ‘shall be purified’, ve-yitlabnu {וְיִֽתְלַבְּנוּ | wə-yiṯlabnû} ‘shall be made white’, and ve-yitsarfu {וְיִצָּֽרְפוּ֙ | wə-yitṣārpû} ‘shall be refined’, delineating a progressive process applying to rabbim {רַבִּ֔ים | rab-bîm} ‘many’.

Root and etymology

ṣ-r-p🔊 צ־ר־ףTsade, Resh, Pe

“to refine or smelt”

• 🔊 צָרַףṣārāfto purify by fireMalachi 3:2