← Haggai

On the Hebrew text. The Hebrew follows the Masoretic Text in the Leningrad tradition, as represented by standard diplomatic editions in their main wording; distinctively copyrighted critical apparatus is not reproduced. Versification follows the MT.

The Book of Haggai (MT) — Interlinear Summary

A consolidated companion to the Masoretic-Text Haggai data set: each chapter rendered as a six-tier Hebrew reverse-interlinear (Hebrew · gloss · parsing · syntax · semantic force · lexical note), with per-verse discourse analysis and a chapter argument-outline.

This document gathers, for each annotated chapter, the theme, the argument outline, and the textual / exegetical note (the text_note of each file, with the shared critical-text preface removed since it is stated once above). Post-exilic exhortation to rebuild the house of the LORD. The Hebrew follows the Masoretic Text in the Leningrad tradition (Westminster Leningrad Codex / OSHB); distinctively copyrighted apparatus is not reproduced, and Hebrew (MT) versification is used throughout.

Scope. 2 chapters · 38 verses · 601 annotated words.

Haggai

Haggai 1 — חגי 1

Theme. Haggai 1 (15 verses in the MT) opens: In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of YHWH by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of. The middle of the chapter continues: Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, says YHWH. It closes: In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

Outline.

Textual note. Haggai 1 comprises 15 verses in MT order. Movement I (vv. 1-4) — In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first. In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of YHWH by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, Thus speaketh YHWH of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that YHWH's house should. Movement II (vv. 5-8) — Now therefore thus says YHWH of hosts; Consider your ways. Now therefore thus says YHWH of hosts; Consider your ways. You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you have not enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages into a bag with holes. Thus says YHWH of hosts; Consider your ways. Go up to the mountain, and. Movement III (vv. 9-12) — You looked for much, and, lo, to little; and when you brought home, I di. You looked for much, and, lo, to little; and when you brought home, I did blow upon it. Why? says YHWH of hosts. Because of mine house that waste, and you run every man to his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed her fruit. And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn,. Movement IV (vv. 13-15) — Then spake Haggai YHWH's messenger in YHWH's message to the people, sayi. Then spake Haggai YHWH's messenger in YHWH's message to the people, saying, I with you, says YHWH. And YHWH stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of YHWH of hosts,. Where English printed Bibles divide verses differently, this annotation follows MT versification throughout.

Haggai 2 — חגי 2

Theme. Haggai 2 (23 verses in the MT) opens: In the seventh , in the one and twentieth of the month, came the word of YHWH by the prophet Haggai, saying, The middle of the chapter continues: If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. It closes: In that day, says YHWH of hosts, will I take you, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, says YHWH, and will make you as a signet: for I have chosen you, says YHWH of hosts.

Outline.

Textual note. Haggai 2 comprises 23 verses in MT order. Movement I (vv. 1-5) — In the seventh , in the one and twentieth of the month, came the word of. In the seventh , in the one and twentieth of the month, came the word of YHWH by the prophet Haggai, saying, Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, Who left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do you see it now? not. Movement II (vv. 6-10) — For thus says YHWH of hosts; Yet once, it a little while, and I will sha. For thus says YHWH of hosts; Yet once, it a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry ; And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, says YHWH of hosts. The silver mine, and the gold mine, says YHWH of hosts. The glory of this latter house shall be. Movement III (vv. 11-15) — Thus says YHWH of hosts; Ask now the priests the law, saying. Thus says YHWH of hosts; Ask now the priests the law, saying, If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. Then said Haggai, If unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered. Movement IV (vv. 16-20) — Since those were, when came to an heap of twenty , there were ten: when. Since those were, when came to an heap of twenty , there were ten: when came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty out of the press, there were twenty. I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet you not to me, says YHWH. Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth. Movement V (vv. 21-23) — Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens. Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother. In that. Where English printed Bibles divide verses differently, this annotation follows MT versification throughout.