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And the wordוַ דְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameיְהִיa second timeשֵׁנִיתtoאֶלHaggaiחַגַּיon the twenty-בְּעֶשְׂרִיםfourthוְאַרְבָּעָהday of the month,לַחֹדֶשׁsaying,לֵאמֹר
Haggai 2:20
Study it in the app“And the word of YHWH came a second time to Haggai on the twenty- fourth day of the month, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Haggai 2:20, word by word
- And the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” 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- cameיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- a second timeשֵׁנִיתshenit
again
Once more, after having been done before.
Where else “shenit” appears- 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- on the twenty-עֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- fourthאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- day of the monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
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.”
20 · This verse (above)
21“Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;