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Haggai; the post-exilic prophet who urged temple rebuilding
This is the Aramaic form of the name Haggai, the prophet who, alongside Zechariah, called the returned exiles to resume construction of the temple. He appears in Ezra 5:1 and 6:14, where his prophetic ministry is credited with motivating Zerubbabel and Jeshua to complete the house of God. The name means 'festal' or 'my feast,' possibly indicating he was born on a festival day. His brief book contains four oracles delivered in 520 BCE, addressing discouragement and calling for prioritizing God's house over personal comfort.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The prophet Haggai as named in the Aramaic sections of Ezra. His ministry occurred in the early Persian period, sixteen years after the first exiles returned but with the temple still unfinished. Haggai's oracles diagnosed the problem (the people built their own houses while God's house lay in ruins) and promised blessing upon obedience. Ezra credits him and Zechariah with sparking the successful resumption of building. The Aramaic spelling reflects the linguistic milieu of Persian-era Yehud, where Aramaic was the administrative language. 2×
AR["حَجَّي"]·ben["হগ্গয়", "হগ্গয়ের"]·DE["Haggai"]·EN["Chaggay"]·FR["[חגי]"]·heb["חגי"]·HI["हग्गै"]·ID["Hagai"]·IT["Aggeo"]·jav["Hagai"]·KO["학개"]·PT["Chaggai"]·RU["Хаггай", "Хаггая"]·ES["Hageo", "Ĥagay"]·SW["Hagai", "wa-Hagai"]·TR["Haggay", "Haggayin"]·urd["حجی", "حجی-نے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חַגַּי n.pr.m. prophet (BH id.);—Ezr 5:1; 6:14.