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ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתsaying:לֵאמֹרThisהַזֶּהpeopleהָעָםsay,אָמְרוּ“The timeעֶתhas notלֹאcome,בֹּאthe timeעֶתfor the houseבֵּיתof YHWHיְהוָהto be built.”לְהִבָּנוֹת
Haggai 1:2
Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, saying: This people say, “The time has not come, the time for the house of YHWH to be built.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Haggai 1:2, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- “The timeעֶתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- comeבֹּאbo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bo” appears- for the houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appears- to be builtהִבָּנוֹתhibanot
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “hibanot” appears
The context
1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of YHWH came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3And the word of YHWH came through Haggai the prophet, saying,