Haggai 1:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת שִׂ֥ימוּ לְבַבְכֶ֖ם עַל־דַּרְכֵיכֶֽם

Transliteration

Thus ʾāmar YHWH ṣəḇāʾôt: śîmû your ləḇaḇḵem to your darḵêḵem

Grammar Details

*kōh*: adverb - thus, so
*ʾāmar*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - said/has said
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*ṣəḇāʾôt*: noun, masculine plural construct - of hosts/armies
*śîmû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - set/place/consider
*ləḇaḇḵem*: noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your heart
*darḵêḵem*: noun, feminine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your ways

Word Meanings

*śîmû* *ləḇaḇḵem*: set your heart/consider carefully/pay attention
*darḵêḵem*: your ways/actions/conduct

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Hag 1:5 : 5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
Ps 119:59-60 : 59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
Isa 28:10 : 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
Phil 3:1 : 1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.

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