Haggai 2:18

“Set, please, your heart from this day onward, from the twenty- fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that the temple of YHWH was founded; set your heart.”

Haggai 2:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Haggai 2:18, word by word

Setשִׂימוּsimu

put

To put something somewhere.

Where else “simu” appears
your heartלְבַבְlevav

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.

Where else “levav” appears
dayיּוֹםyom

today

This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.

Where else “yom” appears
onwardמָעְלָmala

above

Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".

Where else “mala” appears
the twenty-עֶשְׂרִיםesrim

twenty

Twenty; also "twentieth".

Where else “esrim” appears
fourthאַרְבָּעָהarbaa

four

Four.

Where else “arbaa” appears
of the ninth monthתְּשִׁיעִיteshii

ninth

Ninth.

Where else “teshii” appears
the templeהֵיכַלhechal

temple

Literally "palace": YHWH's great house.

Where else “hechal” 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
was foundedיֻסַּדyusad

found

To lay the foundations of something on which it will be raised.

Where else “yusad” appears

The context

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.

18 · This verse (above)

19Is the seed still in the barn? And even the vine and the fig tree and the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit. From this day I will bless.”

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