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And the wordוַ דְּבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameיְהִיthroughבְּיַדHaggaiחַגַּיthe prophet,הַנָּבִיאsaying,לֵאמֹר
Haggai 1:3
Study it in the app“And the word of YHWH came through Haggai the prophet, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Haggai 1:3, word by word
- And the wordדְּבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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- cameיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- throughיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- Haggaiחַגַּיchagay
Haggai
Haggai: a prophet who, together with Zechariah, encouraged the Jews to build the house of God again. His name means "festive". His messages are in the book of Haggai.
Where else “chagay” appears- the prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
2Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, saying: This people say, “The time has not come, the time for the house of YHWH to be built.”
3 · This verse (above)
4“Is it a time for you, you yourselves, to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies desolate?