H4400 H4400
message, commission, embassy (communication sent by a messenger)
Haggai 1:13 describes Haggai as speaking 'in the message of the LORD' to the people. This term denotes a message or commission—communication entrusted to a messenger. The construct form 'in the message of the LORD' emphasizes that Haggai spoke not his own words but a divine communication. This is one of several Hebrew nouns for prophetic message, here emphasizing the messenger function: Haggai as bearer of God's word. The term connects to מַלְאָךְ (messenger, angel), underscoring that prophets are heaven's ambassadors, carrying messages not their own.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A message, commission, or communication entrusted to a messenger—appearing in Haggai 1:13 where the prophet speaks 'in the message of the LORD.' The term (construct form) emphasizes the carried communication rather than the carrier. Haggai functions as God's messenger (מַלְאָךְ), and what he speaks is God's message (מַלְאֲכוּת). The rarity of this particular form heightens its significance: this is not routine speaking but formal embassy, official communication from the heavenly court. The people must listen because Haggai bears not his opinion but God's authoritative word. 1×
AR["بِرِسَالَةِ"]·ben["-বার্তায়"]·DE["[במלאכות]"]·EN["in-message-of"]·FR["mandat"]·heb["ב-מלאכות"]·HI["में-संदेश"]·ID["dalam-pesan"]·IT["opera"]·jav["ing-warta"]·KO["에-사자직"]·PT["na-mensagem-de"]·RU["в-послании"]·ES["en-el-mensaje-de"]·SW["katika-ujumbe-wa"]·TR["elçiliğinde-"]·urd["پیغام-میں"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מַלְאָכוּת] n.f. message, cstr. מַלְאֲכוּת Hg 1:13.