Haggai 1:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֶקְרָ֨א חֹ֜רֶב עַל־הָאָ֣רֶץ וְעַל־הֶהָרִ֗ים וְעַל־הַדָּגָן֙ וְעַל־הַתִּיר֣וֹשׁ וְעַל־הַיִּצְהָ֔ר וְעַ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר תּוֹצִ֖יא הָאֲדָמָ֑ה וְעַל־הָֽאָדָם֙ וְעַל־הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה וְעַ֖ל כָּל־יְגִ֥יעַ כַּפָּֽיִם

Transliteration

And I wāʾeqrāʾ ḥōreḇ on the ʾāreṣ and on the hehārîm and on the dāgān and on the tîrôš and on the yiṣhār and on that which tôṣîʾ the ʾădāmāh, and on the ʾādām and on the bəhēmāh and on all yəgîaʿ kappāyim

Grammar Details

*wāʾeqrāʾ*: verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 1st person singular - and I called
*ḥōreḇ*: noun, masculine singular - drought
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the land/earth
*hehārîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the mountains
*dāgān*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the grain
*tîrôš*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the new wine
*yiṣhār*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the fresh oil
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*tôṣîʾ*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it brings forth
*ʾădāmāh*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the ground/soil
*ʾādām*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the mankind/people
*bəhēmāh*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the livestock/cattle
*yəgîaʿ*: noun, masculine singular construct - labor of
*kappāyim*: noun, feminine dual - hands

Word Meanings

*wāʾeqrāʾ*: and I called/and I summoned
*ḥōreḇ*: drought/dryness/heat
*dāgān*: grain/corn
*tîrôš*: new wine/fresh wine/must
*yiṣhār*: fresh oil/olive oil
*tôṣîʾ*: brings forth/produces/yields
*ʾădāmāh*: ground/soil/land
*yəgîaʿ* *kappāyim*: labor of hands/work of hands/toil of hands

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Referenced Verses

Hag 2:17 : 17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the work of your hands; yet ye [turned] not to me, saith Jehovah.
Deut 28:22 : 22 Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
2 Kgs 8:1 : 1 Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for Jehovah hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
Job 34:29 : 29 When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether [it be done] unto a nation, or unto a man:
Lam 1:21 : 21 They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.
Amos 5:8 : 8 [ seek him] that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name);
Amos 7:4 : 4 Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.
Amos 9:6 : 6 [ it is] he that buildeth his chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name.

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