Haggai
Haggai 1:4–5
4“Is it a time for you yourselves
to live in your paneled houses,
while this house lies in ruins?”
5Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says:
“Consider carefully your ways.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Haggai 1:4
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Is it a time | הַעֵ֤ת | ha·‘êṯ | Article; Noun - common singular | H6256 time |
| for you | לָכֶם֙ | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| yourselves | אַתֶּ֔ם | ’at·tem | Pronoun - second person masculine plural | H859 thou |
| to live | לָשֶׁ֖בֶת | lā·še·ḇeṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H3427 sit, remain, dwell |
| in your paneled | סְפוּנִ֑ים | sə·p̄ū·nîm | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural | H5603 cover, cover in, panel |
| houses | בְּבָתֵּיכֶ֣ם | bə·ḇāt·tê·ḵem | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1004 house |
| while this | הַזֶּ֖ה | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| house | וְהַבַּ֥יִת | wə·hab·ba·yiṯ | Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1004 house |
| lies in ruins | חָרֵֽב׃ | ḥā·rêḇ | Adjective - masculine singular | H2720 dry |
Haggai 1:5
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | וְעַתָּ֕ה | wə·‘at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H6258 now |
| this is what | כֹּ֥ה | kōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| of Hosts | צְבָא֑וֹת | ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ | Noun - common plural | H6635 army, war, warfare |
| says | אָמַ֖ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Consider carefully | שִׂ֥ימוּ | śî·mū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H7760 put, place, set |
| your ways | דַּרְכֵיכֶֽם׃ | dar·ḵê·ḵem | Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Haggai 1:4 2 Samuel 7:2 · Psalm 132:3–5 · Philippians 2:21 · Haggai 1:9 · Matthew 6:33 · Lamentations 4:1 · Jeremiah 52:13 · Micah 3:12 · Daniel 9:17–18
Haggai 1:5 Lamentations 3:40 · 2 Corinthians 13:5 · Haggai 2:15–18 · Haggai 1:7 · Luke 15:17
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.