1
Malakhi was remembered as being born after the return from exile in a place called Sopha. The collection emphasizes an upright youth, mild conduct, and the honor given to him by the people.
2
A later explanation of his name links it with a messenger and claims that a heavenly messenger repeated his prophetic words. That explanation is preserved as a secondary interpretive layer, not as the etymological master of his Ivrit name.
3
He died while still young and was buried in his own field.