‘Greaterגָּדוֹלwill beיִהְיֶהthe latterהָאַחֲרוֹןgloryכְּבוֹדof thisהַזֶּהhouseהַבַּיִתthanמִןthe former,’הָרִאשׁוֹןsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot;צְבָאוֹת‘and in thisוּבַ הַזֶּהplaceמָּקוֹםI will giveאֶתֵּןpeace,’שָׁלוֹםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot.”צְבָאוֹת
Haggai 2:9
Study it in the app“‘Greater will be the latter glory of this house than the former,’ says YHWH Tsevaot; ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ declares YHWH Tsevaot.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Haggai 2:9, word by word
- ‘Greaterגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- the latterאַחֲרוֹןacharon
last
What comes at the end or goes behind something else.
Where else “acharon” appears- gloryכְּבוֹדkevod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevod” appears- houseבַּיִתbayit
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bayit” appears- the former,’רִאשׁוֹןrishon
former
What already happened or existed before, in past times.
Where else “rishon” appears- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- 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- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- I will giveאֶתֵּןeten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appears- peace,’שָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears
The context
8‘Mine is the silver, and mine the gold,’ declares YHWH Tsevaot.
9 · This verse (above)
10On the twenty- fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of YHWH came to Haggai the prophet, saying,