Haggai 1:1
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,”
דָּבָר
In Hebrew, dabar is not just a word spoken — it is a word that accomplishes something. God's dabar does not return empty. The psalmist says this word is a lamp to his feet — not a floodlight revealing everything ahead, but enough light for the next step. That is faith.
הָיָה
it came
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הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
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בֵּן
the son of
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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יְהוּדָה
Judah
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יְהוּדָה
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
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יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Joshua
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יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
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פֶּחָה
the governor of
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פֶּחָה
a prefect (of a city or small district)
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שְׁנַיִם
two
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שְׁנַיִם
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
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חַגַּי
Haggai
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חַגַּי
Chaggai, a Hebrew prophet
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יְהוֹצָדָק
Jehozadak
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יְהוֹצָדָק
Jehotsadak, an Israelite
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זְרֻבָּבֶל
Zerubbabel
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זְרֻבָּבֶל
Zerubbabel, an Israelite
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שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל
Shealtiel
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שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל
Shealtiel, an Israelite
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