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since they were so:מִהְיוֹתָםone cameבָּאtoאֶלa heapעֲרֵמַתof twenty,עֶשְׂרִיםand there wereוְהָיְתָהten;עֲשָׂרָהone cameבָּאtoאֶלthe wine vatהַיֶּקֶבto draw offלַחְשֹׂףfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםmeasures,פּוּרָהand there wereוְהָיְתָהtwenty.עֶשְׂרִים
Haggai 2:16
Study it in the app“since they were so: one came to a heap of twenty, and there were ten; one came to the wine vat to draw off fifty measures, and there were twenty.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Haggai 2:16, word by word
- since they were soהְיוֹתָheota
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “heota” appears- one cameבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- a heapעֲרֵמַתaremat
heap
Heap, especially of grain already threshed.
Where else “aremat” appears- of twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- tenעֲשָׂרָהasara
ten
Ten.
Where else “asara” appears- the wine vatיֶּקֶבyekev
winepress
Winepress: the place where grapes are trodden and the juice is collected.
Where else “yekev” appears- to draw offחְשֹׂףchesof
scoop
To draw out with a vessel what is in a winepress or a pit.
Where else “chesof” appears- fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- measuresפּוּרָהpura
measure of wine
The amount of wine that one treading of the press yielded.
Where else “pura” appears
The context
15And now, set, please, your heart from this day onward: before a stone was placed on a stone in the temple of YHWH,
16 · This verse (above)
17I struck you with blight and with mildew and with hail in all the work of your hands; and you did not turn to me, declares YHWH.