Haggai 2:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִֽהְיוֹתָ֥ם בָּא֙ אֶל־עֲרֵמַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְהָיְתָ֖ה עֲשָׂרָ֑ה בָּ֣א אֶל־הַיֶּ֗קֶב לַחְשֹׂף֙ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים פּוּרָ֔ה וְהָיְתָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִֽים׃

Transliteration

From-hĕyôtām bāʾ to-ʿărēmat ʿeśrîm and-hāyətāh ʿăśārāh bāʾ to-hayyeqeb to-laḥśōp ḥămiššîm pûrāh and-hāyətāh ʿeśrîm

Grammar Details

*hĕyôtām*: qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their being
*bāʾ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he came
*ʿărēmat*: construct noun, feminine singular - heap of
*ʿeśrîm*: cardinal number - twenty
*hāyətāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - it was
*ʿăśārāh*: cardinal number, feminine - ten
*hayyeqeb*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the wine vat
*laḥśōp*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to draw
*ḥămiššîm*: cardinal number - fifty
*pûrāh*: noun, feminine singular - measure

Word Meanings

*bāʾ*: one came/when one came
*ʿărēmat*: heap/pile
*hayyeqeb*: wine vat/wine press
*laḥśōp*: to draw out/to scoop out

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Referenced Verses

Hag 1:6 : 6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Hag 1:9-9 : 9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. 10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. 11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, 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 labour of the hands.
Zech 8:10-12 : 10 For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. 11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts. 12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
Mal 2:2 : 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
Prov 3:9-9 : 9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

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