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Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Haggai 2:13 word 1
חַגַּ֔יcha.GaiHaggai
Lemma: חַגַּי (chag.gay) · Strong's: H2292A
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Haggai
Used 9 times. Also: Haggai 1:1, Haggai 1:3, Haggai 1:12, Haggai 1:13, Haggai 2:1, Haggai 2:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2292A; TAHOT Haggai 2:13 word 2
אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Haggai 2:13 word 3
יִגַּ֧עyi.Ga'he will touch
Lemma: נָגַע (na.ga) · Strong's: H5060
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to touch
Used 150 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 26:11, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 28:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5060; TAHOT Haggai 2:13 word 4
טְמֵא\־te.me'-a [person] unclean of
Lemma: טָמֵא (ta.me) · Strong's: H2931
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAamsc)
Meaning: unclean
Used 88 times. Also: Leviticus 5:2, Leviticus 7:19, Leviticus 7:21, Leviticus 10:10, Leviticus 11:4, Leviticus 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2931; TAHOT Haggai 2:13 word 5
נֶ֛פֶשׁNe.fesha corpse
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315M
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: soul: dead
Used 13 times. Also: Leviticus 19:28, Leviticus 21:1, Leviticus 21:11, Leviticus 22:4, Numbers 5:2, Numbers 6:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315M; TAHOT Haggai 2:13 word 6
בְּכָל\־be.khol<in> all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Haggai 2:13 word 7
אֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehthese [things]
Lemma: אֵ֫לֶּה (el.leh) · Strong's: H0428
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: these
Used 745 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0428; TAHOT Haggai 2:13 word 8
הֲיִטְמָ֑אha.yit.Ma'¿ will it become unclean
Lemma: טָמֵא (ta.me) · Strong's: H2930A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to defile
Used 162 times. Also: Genesis 34:5, Genesis 34:13, Genesis 34:27, Leviticus 5:3, Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2930A; TAHOT Haggai 2:13 word 9
וַיַּעֲנ֧וּvai.ya.'a.Nuand they answered
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6030B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to answer
Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:14, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 27:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6030B; TAHOT Haggai 2:13 word 10
הַכֹּהֲנִ֛יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priests
Lemma: כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) · Strong's: H3548
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: priest
Used 750 times. Also: Genesis 14:18, Genesis 41:45, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3548; TAHOT Haggai 2:13 word 11
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Haggai 2:13 word 12
יִטְמָֽא\׃yit.Ma'it will become unclean
Lemma: טָמֵא (ta.me) · Strong's: H2930A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to defile
Used 162 times. Also: Genesis 34:5, Genesis 34:13, Genesis 34:27, Leviticus 5:3, Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2930A; TAHOT Haggai 2:13 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So Haggai | → | חַגַּי H2292A Haggai |
| asked | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| If | → | אִם H0518A if |
| [one who is] defiled | → | טָמֵא H2931 unclean |
| by contact with a corpse | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315M soul: dead |
| touches | → | נָגַע H5060 to touch |
| any | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| of these | → | אֵ֫לֶּה H0428 these |
| does it become defiled | → | טָמֵא H2930A to defile |
| Yes, it becomes defiled | → | טָמֵא H2930A to defile |
| the priests | → | כֹּהֵן H3548 priest |
| . . . | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| answered | → | עָנָה H6030B to answer |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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