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In the seventh month,בַּשְּׁבִיעִיon the twenty-בְּעֶשְׂרִיםfirstוְאֶחָדday of the month,לַחֹדֶשׁthe wordדְּבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameהָיָהthroughבְּיַדHaggaiחַגַּיthe prophet,הַנָּבִיאsaying,לֵאמֹר
Haggai 2:1
Study it in the app“In the seventh month, on the twenty- first day of the month, the word of YHWH came through Haggai the prophet, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Haggai 2:1, word by word
- In the seventh monthשְּׁבִיעִיshevii
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appears- on the twenty-עֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- firstאֶחָדechad
first
Literally "one": day one of the month.
Where else “echad” appears- day of the monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- 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- cameהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” 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
1 · This verse (above)
2“Speak, please, to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,