And I calledוָאֶקְרָאfor a droughtחֹרֶבonעַלthe landהָאָרֶץand onוְעַלthe mountains,הֶהָרִיםand onוְעַלthe grainהַדָּגָןand onוְעַלthe new wineהַתִּירוֹשׁand onוְעַלthe oil,הַיִּצְהָרand onוְעַלwhatאֲשֶׁרthe groundהָאֲדָמָהbrings forth,תּוֹצִיאand onוְעַלhuman beingsהָאָדָםand onוְעַלlivestock,הַבְּהֵמָהand onוְעַלallכָּלthe laborיְגִיעַof their hands.”כַּפָּיִם
Haggai 1:11
Study it in the app“And I called for a drought on the land and on the mountains, and on the grain and on the new wine and on the oil, and on what the ground brings forth, and on human beings and on livestock, and on all the labor of their hands.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Haggai 1:11, word by word
- And I calledאֶקְרָאekra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “ekra” appears- for a droughtחֹרֶבchorev
drought
A time without rain, when the land is left without water.
Where else “chorev” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- the grainדָּגָןdagan
grain
Grain: wheat and barley.
Where else “dagan” appears- the new wineתִּירוֹשׁtirosh
new wine
New wine: the juice of freshly trodden grapes.
Where else “tirosh” appears- the oilיִּצְהָרyitshar
fresh oil
Fresh olive oil.
Where else “yitshar” appears- the groundאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears- brings forthתּוֹצִיאtotsi
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “totsi” appears- human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- livestockבְּהֵמָהbehema
livestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behema” appears- the laborיְגִיעַyegia
toil, its fruit
Wearying labor and what it earns.
Where else “yegia” appears- of their handsכַּפָּיִםkapayim
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kapayim” appears
Translation note
“Drought” (ḥorev) sounds in Hebrew like “desolate” (ḥarev), what is said of the house of YHWH in 1:4 and 1:9.
The context
10Therefore, because of you the heavens have held back the dew, and the earth has held back its produce.
11 · This verse (above)
12And Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people listened to the voice of YHWH their Elohim and to the words of Haggai the prophet, as YHWH their Elohim had sent him; and the people feared before YHWH.