Haggai 1:4 Go deeper

Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? (KJV)

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הַעֵ֤תha.'Et¿ [does] a time

Lemma: עֵת (et) · Strong's: H6256

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: time

Used 296 times. Also: Genesis 8:11, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 24:11, Genesis 29:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6256; TAHOT Haggai 1:4 word 1

אַתֶּ֔ם'a.Temyou

Lemma: אַתֶּם (at.tem) · Strong's: H0859D

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Masculine · Plural (HPp2mp)

Meaning: you(m.p.)

Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 9:7, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:4, Genesis 42:9, Genesis 42:14, Genesis 42:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0859D; TAHOT Haggai 1:4 word 2

לָשֶׁ֖בֶתla.She.vetto dwell

Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to dwell

Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Haggai 1:4 word 3

בְּבָתֵּיכֶ֣םbe.va.tei.Khemin houses your

Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: house: home

Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Haggai 1:4 word 4

סְפוּנִ֑יםse.fu.Nimcovered

Lemma: סָפַן (sa.phan) · Strong's: H5603

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqsmpa)

Meaning: to cover

Used 6 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:21, 1 Kings 6:9, 1 Kings 7:3, 1 Kings 7:7, Jeremiah 22:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5603; TAHOT Haggai 1:4 word 5

וְהַבַּ֥יִתve.ha.Ba.yitand the house

Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: house: home

Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Haggai 1:4 word 6

הַזֶּ֖הha.Zeh<the> this

Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088

Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)

Meaning: this

Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Haggai 1:4 word 7

חָרֵֽב\׃cha.Rev[is] desolate

Lemma: חָרֵב (cha.rev) · Strong's: H2720B

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: desolate

Used 8 times. Also: Nehemiah 2:3, Nehemiah 2:17, Jeremiah 33:10, Jeremiah 33:12, Ezekiel 36:35, Ezekiel 36:38 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2720B; TAHOT Haggai 1:4 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Is it a time	→	עֵת H6256 time
for you	→
yourselves	→	אַתֶּם H0859D you(m.p.)
to live	→	יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell
in your paneled	→	סָפַן H5603 to cover
houses	→	בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home
while this	→	זֶה H2088 this
house	→	בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home
lies in ruins	→	חָרֵב H2720B desolate

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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