Haggai

Haggai 2:13–14

¹³So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?”

“Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.

¹⁴Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.

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Haggai 2:13

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So Haggai	חַגַּ֔י	ḥag·gay	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2292 Chaggai
asked	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
defiled	טְמֵא־	ṭə·mê-	Adjective - masculine singular construct	H2931 unclean
by contact with a corpse	נֶ֛פֶשׁ	ne·p̄eš	Noun - feminine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
touches	יִגַּ֧ע	yig·ga‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5060 touch, reach, strike
any	בְּכָל־	bə·ḵāl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
of these	אֵ֖לֶּה	’êl·leh	Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
does it become defiled	הֲיִטְמָ֑א	hă·yiṭ·mā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2930 be or become unclean
Yes	יִטְמָֽא׃	yiṭ·mā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2930 be or become unclean
it becomes defiled	יִטְמָֽא׃	yiṭ·mā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2930 be or become unclean
the priests	הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים	hak·kō·hă·nîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3548 priest
answered	וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ	way·ya·‘ă·nū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6030 answer, respond

Haggai 2:14

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then Haggai	חַגַּ֜י	ḥag·gay	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2292 Chaggai
replied	וַיַּ֨עַן	way·ya·‘an	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6030 answer, respond
So	כֵּ֣ן	kên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
with this	הַ֠זֶּה	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
people	הָֽעָם־	hā·‘ām-	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
this	הַזֶּ֤ה	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
nation	הַגּ֨וֹי	hag·gō·w	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1471 nation, people
before Me	לְפָנַי֙	lə·p̄ā·nay	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H6440 face, before
declares	נְאֻם־	nə·’um-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
and so	וְכֵ֖ן	wə·ḵên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
with every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
work	מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה	ma·‘ă·śêh	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4639 deed, work
of their hands	יְדֵיהֶ֑ם	yə·ḏê·hem	Noun - feminine dual construct; third person masculine plural	H3027 hand
whatever	וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר	wa·’ă·šer	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
they offer	יַקְרִ֛יבוּ	yaq·rî·ḇū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7126 come near, approach
there	שָׁ֖ם	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither
is defiled	טָמֵ֥א	ṭā·mê	Adjective - masculine singular	H2931 unclean

Cross-references

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Haggai 2:13 Numbers 9:6–10 · Leviticus 22:4–6 · Numbers 5:2–3 · Numbers 19:11–22

Haggai 2:14 Titus 1:15 · Proverbs 28:9 · Haggai 1:4–11 · Proverbs 15:8 · Isaiah 1:11–15

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.