Haggai 1:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.”

Haggai 1:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Haggai 1:215 words

HebrewMeaning

כֹּ֥הkōh

thusadvH3541

here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···

אָמַ֛רʾāmar

he saysverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

צְבָא֖וֹתṣəbāʾwōt

of hostsnounH6635

army · battle · company · host ···

לֵ/אמֹ֑רlēʾmōr

sayingpronH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

הָ/עָ֤םhāʿām

the peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

הַ/זֶּה֙hazeh

thisparticleH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

אָֽמְר֔וּʾāmərw

they have saidverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

לֹ֥אlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

עֶתʿet

a timenounH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

בֹּ֛אbōʾ

to comeverbH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

עֶתʿet

the time ofnounH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

בֵּ֥יתbēyt

the house ofnounH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

לְ/הִבָּנֽוֹתləhibānwōt

to be rebuiltpronH1129

obtain children · make · repair · set ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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