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And now,וְעַתָּהthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹתSetשִׂימוּyour heartלְבַבְכֶםonעַלyour ways.דַּרְכֵיכֶם
Haggai 1:5
Study it in the app“And now, thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Set your heart on your ways.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Haggai 1:5, 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- Setשִׂימוּsimu
take to heart
"Set the face": decide; "set in the heart": pay attention.
Where else “simu” appears- your heartלְבַבְlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- your waysדַּרְכֵיdarche
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darche” appears
Translation note
“Set your heart on your ways”: that is, consider well what is happening to you.
The context
4“Is it a time for you, you yourselves, to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies desolate?
5 · This verse (above)
6You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, and there is no satisfaction; you drink, and there is no drunkenness; you clothe yourselves, and there is no warmth for anyone; and the one who earns wages earns wages for a bag with holes.