Haggai

Haggai 2:15–16

¹⁵Now consider carefully from this day forward:^c Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD, ¹⁶from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain,^d there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths,^e there were but twenty.

Footnotes

c 2:15 Or backward; also in verse 18
d 2:16 Literally a heap of twenty
e 2:16 Literally to draw out fifty from the winepress

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Haggai 2:15

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now	וְעַתָּה֙	wə·‘at·tāh	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H6258 now
consider	לְבַבְכֶ֔ם	lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart
carefully	נָ֣א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
from	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
this	הַזֶּ֖ה	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
day	הַיּ֥וֹם	hay·yō·wm	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
forward	וָמָ֑עְלָה	wā·mā·‘ə·lāh	Conjunctive waw; Adverb; third person feminine singular	H4605 higher part
Before	מִטֶּ֧רֶם	miṭ·ṭe·rem	Preposition-m; Adverb	H2962 not yet, ere, before that
one stone	אֶ֛בֶן	’e·ḇen	Noun - feminine singular construct	H68 stone
was placed	שֽׂוּם־	śūm-	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7760 put, place, set
on	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
another	אֶ֖בֶן	’e·ḇen	Noun - feminine singular construct	H68 stone
in the temple	בְּהֵיכַ֥ל	bə·hê·ḵal	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1964 palace, temple
of the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

Haggai 2:16

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
from that time	מִֽהְיוֹתָ֥ם	mih·yō·w·ṯām	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
one came	בָּא֙	bā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
expecting	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
a heap	עֲרֵמַ֣ת	‘ă·rê·maṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H6194 heap, sheaf
of twenty	עֶשְׂרִ֔ים	‘eś·rîm	Number - common plural	H6242 (a) twenty
there were	וְהָיְתָ֖ה	wə·hā·yə·ṯāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
ten	עֲשָׂרָ֑ה	‘ă·śā·rāh	Number - masculine singular	H6235 ten
When one came	בָּ֣א	bā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the winepress	הַיֶּ֗קֶב	hay·ye·qeḇ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3342 wine-vat
to draw out	לַחְשֹׂף֙	laḥ·śōp̄	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H2834 strip off, strip, make bare
fifty	חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים	ḥă·miš·šîm	Number - common plural	H2572 fifty
there were	וְהָיְתָ֖ה	wə·hā·yə·ṯāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
twenty	עֶשְׂרִֽים׃	‘eś·rîm	Number - common plural	H6242 (a) twenty

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Haggai 2:15 Haggai 1:5 · Haggai 2:18 · Ezra 3:10 · Haggai 1:7 · Ezra 4:24

Haggai 2:16 Haggai 1:6 · Proverbs 3:9–10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.