11
“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹתAsk,שְׁאַלplease,נָאthe priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםfor instruction,תּוֹרָהsaying,לֵאמֹר
Haggai 2:11
Study it in the app““Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Ask, please, the priests for instruction, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Haggai 2:11, 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- Askשְׁאַלsheal
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “sheal” appears- the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- for instructionתּוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears
The context
10On the twenty- fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of YHWH came to Haggai the prophet, saying,
11 · This verse (above)
12If someone carries holy meat in the edge of his garment and touches with its edge the bread or the stew or the wine or oil or any food, will it become holy?” And the priests answered and said, “No.”