Study it in the app“And 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.”
And Haggaiוַ חַגַּיansweredיַּעַןand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Soכֵּןis thisהַזֶּהpeople,הָעָםand soוְכֵןthisהַזֶּהnationהַגּוֹיbefore me,לְפָנַיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהand soוְכֵןallכָּלthe workמַעֲשֵׂהof their hands;יְדֵיהֶםand whatוַאֲשֶׁרthey presentיַקְרִיבוּthereשָׁםis unclean.טָמֵא הוּא
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” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsnation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” 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” appearswork
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appearsbring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “yakrivu” appearsdefiled
Stained by sin: "unclean lips".
Where else “tame” appears13And 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.”
14 · This verse (above)
15And now, set, please, your heart from this day onward: before a stone was placed on a stone in the temple of YHWH,
