Study it in the app“You looked for much, and look, it came to little; and you brought it home, and I blew on it. Why? declares YHWH Tsevaot. Because of my house, which lies desolate, while you run, each to his own house.”
You lookedפָּנֹהforאֶלmuch,הַרְבֵּהand look,וְהִנֵּהit came to little;לִמְעָטand you brought itוַהֲבֵאתֶםhome,הַבַּיִתand I blewוְנָפַחְתִּיon it.בוֹWhy?יַעַן מֶהdeclaresנְאֻםYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot.צְבָאוֹתBecause ofיַעַןmy house,בֵּיתִיwhichאֲשֶׁרliesהוּאdesolate,חָרֵבwhile youוְאַתֶּםrun,רָצִיםeachאִישׁto his own house.לְבֵיתוֹ
look
To fix the eyes on something and attend to it, not overlook it.
Where else “pano” appearsgreatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “harbe” appearsfew
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havetem” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appearsblow
To puff air, as God gave life to man.
Where else “nafachti” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appearsYHWH
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” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsdesolate
Abandoned, in rubble.
Where else “charev” appearsrun
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “ratsim” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears8Go up to the mountain and bring wood and build the house, and I will take pleasure in it and be glorified, says YHWH.
9 · This verse (above)
10Therefore, because of you the heavens have held back the dew, and the earth has held back its produce.
