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And Haggaiוַ חַגַּיsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Ifאִםsomeone uncleanטְמֵאby a dead personנֶפֶשׁtouchesיִגַּעanyבְּכָלof these,אֵלֶּהwill it become unclean?”הֲיִטְמָאAnd the priestsוַ הַכֹּהֲנִיםansweredיַּעֲנוּand said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“It will become unclean.”יִטְמָא
Haggai 2:13
Study it in the app“And Haggai said, “If someone unclean by a dead person touches any of these, will it become unclean?” And the priests answered and said, “It will become unclean.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Haggai 2:13, word by word
- And 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- someone uncleanטְמֵאteme
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “teme” appears- by a dead personנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- touchesיִגַּעyiga
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “yiga” appears- will it become uncleanיִטְמָאyitma
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “yitma” appears- And the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- answeredיַּעֲנוּyaanu
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaanu” appears
The context
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.”
13 · This verse (above)
14And Haggai answered and said, “So is this people, and so this nation before me, declares YHWH, and so all the work of their hands; and what they present there is unclean.