Haggai

Haggai 2:16–17

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. ¹⁷I struck you— all the work of your hands— with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.

Footnotes

d 2:16 Literally a heap of twenty
e 2:16 Literally to draw out fifty from the winepress

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Haggai 2:16

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

Haggai 2:17

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I struck you	הִכֵּ֨יתִי	hik·kê·ṯî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular	H5221 smite
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the work	מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה	ma·‘ă·śêh	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4639 deed, work
of your hands	יְדֵיכֶ֑ם	yə·ḏê·ḵem	Noun - feminine dual construct; second person masculine plural	H3027 hand
with blight	בַּשִּׁדָּפ֤וֹן	baš·šid·dā·p̄ō·wn	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7711 blighted or blasted thing
mildew	וּבַיֵּֽרָקוֹן֙	ū·ḇay·yê·rā·qō·wn	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3420 mildew, paleness, lividnees
and hail	וּבַבָּרָ֔ד	ū·ḇab·bā·rāḏ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1259 hail
but you did not	וְאֵין־	wə·’ên-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
turn to Me	אֵלַ֖י	’ê·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H413 motion to
declares	נְאֻם־	nə·’um-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

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

Haggai 2:17 Deuteronomy 28:22 · Haggai 1:9 · Haggai 1:11 · 1 Kings 8:37 · Amos 4:8–11 · Jeremiah 5:3

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