Haggai 2:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The agreement which I made with you when you came out of Egypt, and my spirit, are with you still; have no fear.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶֽת־הַדָּבָ֞ר אֲשֶׁר־כָּרַ֤תִּי אִתְּכֶם֙ בְּצֵאתְכֶ֣ם מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם וְרוּחִ֖י עֹמֶ֣דֶת בְּתוֹכְכֶ֑ם אַל־תִּירָֽאוּ׃

Transliteration

ʾet-haddābār ʾăšer-kārattî with-kem in-ṣēʾtkem from-miṣrayim and-rûḥî ʿōmedet in-tôkəkem ʾal-tîrāʾû

Grammar Details

• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *haddābār*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the word
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *kārattî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I cut/made [covenant]
• *kem*: preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - with you
• *ṣēʾtkem*: qal infinitive construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your going out
• *miṣrayim*: proper name - Egypt
• *rûḥî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my spirit
• *ʿōmedet*: verb, qal participle, feminine singular - standing/remaining
• *tôkəkem*: noun, masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your midst
• *ʾal*: negative particle - do not
• *tîrāʾû*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will fear

Word Meanings

• *kārattî*: I cut/I made [covenant]
• *ʿōmedet*: standing/remaining/abiding
• *tôkəkem*: your midst/among you
• *ʾal-tîrāʾû*: do not fear/you shall not fear

Referenced Verses

• Neh 9:20 : 20 And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it.
• Zech 8:13 : 13 And it will come about that, as you were a curse among the nations, O children of Judah and children of Israel, so I will give you salvation and you will be a blessing: have no fear and let your hands be strong.
• Exod 29:45-46 : 45 Among the children of Israel I will make my living-place, and I will be their God. 46 And they will see that I am the Lord their God, who took them out of the land of Egypt, so that I might be ever with them: I am the Lord their God.
• Exod 33:12-14 : 12 And Moses said to the Lord, See, you say to me, Be this people's guide on their journey, but you have not made clear to me whom you will send with me. But you have said, I have knowledge of you by name, and you have grace in my eyes. 13 If then I have grace in your eyes, let me see your ways, so that I may have knowledge of you and be certain of your grace; and my prayer is that you will keep in mind that this nation is your people. 14 And he said, I myself will go with you and give you rest.
• Exod 34:8 : 8 Then Moses quickly went down on his face in worship.
• Exod 34:10 : 10 And the Lord said, See, this is what I will undertake: before the eyes of your people I will do wonders, such as have not been done in all the earth or in any nation: and all your people will see the work of the Lord, for what I am about to do for you is greatly to be feared.
• Isa 41:10 : 10 Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.
• Isa 41:13 : 13 For I, the Lord your God, have taken your right hand in mine, saying to you, Have no fear; I will be your helper.
• Zech 8:15 : 15 So in these days it is again my purpose to do good to Jerusalem and to the children of Judah: have no fear.
• Matt 28:5 : 5 And the angel said to the women, Have no fear: for I see that you are searching for Jesus, who was put to death on the cross.
• John 14:16-17 : 16 And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever, 17 Even the Spirit of true knowledge. That Spirit the world is not able to take to its heart because it sees him not and has no knowledge of him: but you have knowledge of him, because he is ever with you and will be in you.
• Acts 27:24 : 24 Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.
• Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one;
• Neh 9:30 : 30 Year after year you put up with them, and gave witness against them by your spirit through your prophets: still they did not give ear: and so you gave them up into the hands of the peoples of the lands.
• Ps 51:11-12 : 11 Do not put me away from before you, or take your holy spirit from me. 12 Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support.
• Isa 63:11-14 : 11 Then the early days came to their minds, the days of Moses his servant: and they said, Where is he who made the keeper of his flock come up from the sea? where is he who put his holy spirit among them, 12 He who made the arm of his glory go at the right hand of Moses, by whom the waters were parted before them, to make himself an eternal name; 13 He who made them go through the deep waters, like a horse in the waste land? 14 Like the cattle which go down into the valley, they went without falling, the spirit of the Lord guiding them: so you went before your people, to make yourself a great name.
• Zech 4:6 : 6 This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by force or by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of armies.
• Num 11:25-29 : 25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and had talk with him, and put on the seventy men some of the spirit which was on him: now when the spirit came to rest on them, they were like prophets, but only at that time. 26 But two men were still in the tent-circle one of them named Eldad and the other Medad: and the spirit came to rest on them; they were among those who had been sent for, but they had not gone out to the Tent: and the prophet's power came on them in the tent-circle. 27 And a young man went running to Moses and said, Eldad and Medad are acting as prophets in the tent-circle. 28 Then Joshua, the son of Nun, who had been Moses' servant from the time when he was a child, said, My lord Moses, let them be stopped. 29 And Moses said to him, Are you moved by envy on my account? If only all the Lord's people were prophets, and the Lord might put his spirit on them!
• Josh 8:1 : 1 Then the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear and do not be troubled: take with you all the fighting-men and go up against Ai: for I have given into your hands the king of Ai and his people and his town and his land:
• 2 Chr 20:17 : 17 There will be no need for you to take up arms in this fight; put yourselves in position, and keep where you are, and you will see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: have no fear and do not be troubled: go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you.