Haggai 1:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֲל֥וּ הָהָ֛ר וַהֲבֵאתֶ֥ם עֵ֖ץ וּבְנ֣וּ הַבָּ֑יִת וְאֶרְצֶה־בּ֥וֹ *ואכבד **וְאֶכָּבְדָ֖ה אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה

Transliteration

Go up hāhār and wahăḇēʾtem ʿēṣ and ûḇənû the bayit, and I will wəʾerṣeh-in it wəʾekkāḇədāh ʾāmar YHWH

Grammar Details

*ʿălû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - go up
*hāhār*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the mountain
*wahăḇēʾtem*: verb, hiphil perfect with waw consecutive, 2nd person masculine plural - and bring
*ʿēṣ*: noun, masculine singular - wood/timber
*ûḇənû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural with conjunction - and build
*bayit*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the house
*wəʾerṣeh*: verb, qal imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular with conjunction - and I will be pleased
*bô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in it
*wəʾekkāḇədāh*: verb, niphal imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular with conjunction - and I will be glorified
*ʾāmar*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - has said
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name

Word Meanings

*hāhār*: the mountain/the hill country
*ʿēṣ*: wood/timber/trees
*wəʾerṣeh*: and I will be pleased/and I will accept it/and I will delight
*wəʾekkāḇədāh*: and I will be glorified/and I will show my glory/and I will be honored

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Referenced Verses

Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
Hag 2:7 : 7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
Hag 2:9 : 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
Zech 11:1-2 : 1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. 2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
Matt 3:8-9 : 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
John 13:31-32 : 31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
Isa 60:7 : 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
Isa 60:13 : 13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Isa 66:11 : 11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
Jonah 3:1-2 : 1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, 2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
Hag 1:2-4 : 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built. 3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
Exod 29:43 : 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
1 Kgs 9:3 : 3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
2 Chr 2:8-9 : 8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, 9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. 10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
2 Chr 7:16 : 16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
Ezra 3:7 : 7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
Ezra 6:4 : 4 With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:
Ps 87:2-3 : 2 The LORD loveth{H8802)} the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things{H8737)} are spoken{H8794)} of thee, O city of God. Selah.

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