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When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel, |
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ṣā·rê
When the enemies
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 6862 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) narrow, tight
2) straits, distress
3) adversary, foe, enemy, oppressor
4) hard pebble, flint |
yə·hū·ḏāh
of Judah
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3063 |
| BSB/Thayers | Judah = |praised|
1) the son of Jacob by Leah
2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob
3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah
4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon
5) a Levite in Ezra's time
6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah
8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah |
ū·ḇin·yā·min
and Benjamin
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1144 |
| BSB/Thayers | Benjamin = |son of the right hand|
1) Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother
2) son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin
3) a Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife
4) the tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob |
way·yiš·mə·‘ū
heard
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 8085 |
| BSB/Thayers | v
1) to hear, listen to, obey
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hear (perceive by ear)
1a2) to hear of or concerning
1a3) to hear (have power to hear)
1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to
1a5) to understand (language)
1a6) to hear (of judicial cases)
1a7) to listen, give heed
1a7a) to consent, agree
1a7b) to grant request
1a8) to listen to, yield to
1a9) to obey, be obedient
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound)
1b2) to be heard of
1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed
1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound
1d2) to sound aloud (musical term)
1d3) to make proclamation, summon
1d4) to cause to be heard
n m
2) sound |
kî-
that
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
ḇə·nê
the exiles
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 1121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
1a) son, male child
1b) grandson
1c) children (pl. - male and female)
1d) youth, young men (pl.)
1e) young (of animals)
1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
1g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
1i) a member of a guild, order, class |
hag·gō·w·lāh
. . .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1473 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) exiles, exile, captivity
1a) exiles (coll)
1b) exile, captivity (abstract) |
bō·w·nîm
were building
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1129 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to build, rebuild
1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be built
1b2) to be rebuilt
1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.)
1b4) established (made permanent)
1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine) |
hê·ḵāl
a temple
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1964 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) palace, temple, nave, sanctuary
1a) palace
1b) temple (palace of God as king)
1c) hall, nave (of Ezekiel's temple)
1d) temple (of heavenly temple) |
Yah·weh
for the LORD ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3068 |
| BSB/Thayers | Jehovah = |the existing One|
1) the proper name of the one true God
1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136 |
’ĕ·lō·hê
the God
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (plural)
1a) rulers, judges
1b) divine ones
1c) angels
1d) gods
2) (plural intensive-singular meaning)
2a) god, goddess
2b) godlike one
2c) works or special possessions of God
2d) the (true) God
2e) God |
yiś·rā·’êl
of Israel ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3478 |
| BSB/Thayers | Israel = |God prevails|
1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel
2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob
2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split
2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah
2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile |
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they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.” |
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way·yig·gə·šū
they approached
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 5066 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to draw near, approach
1a) (Qal) to draw or come near
1a1) of humans
1a1a) of sexual intercourse
1a2) of inanimate subject
1a2a) to approach one another
1b) (Niphal) to draw near
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to approach, bring near, bring
1d) (Hophal) to be brought near
1e) (Hithpael) to draw near |
’el-
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
zə·rub·bā·ḇel
Zerubbabel
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2216 |
| BSB/Thayers | Zerubbabel = |sown in Babylon|
1) the grandson of king Jehoiachin and leader of the first group of returning exiles from Babylon |
wə·’el-
. . .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
rā·šê
and the heads
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 7218 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning
1a) head (of man, animals)
1b) top, tip (of mountain)
1c) height (of stars)
1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)
1e) head, front, beginning
1f) chief, choicest, best
1g) head, division, company, band
1h) sum |
hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ
of the families ,
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) father of an individual
2) of God as father of his people
3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan
4) ancestor
4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person
4b) of people
5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art
6) of producer, generator (fig.)
7) of benevolence and protection (fig.)
8) term of respect and honour
9) ruler or chief (spec.) |
way·yō·mə·rū
saying
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 559 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter
1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
lā·hem
. . . ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural |
niḇ·neh
“ Let us build
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural |
| Strongs | 1129 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to build, rebuild
1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be built
1b2) to be rebuilt
1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.)
1b4) established (made permanent)
1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine) |
‘im·mā·ḵem
with you
| Grammar | Preposition | second person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 5973 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) with
1a) with
1b) against
1c) toward
1d) as long as
1e) beside, except
1f) in spite of |
kî
because ,
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
ḵā·ḵem
like you ,
| Grammar | Preposition | second person masculine plural |
niḏ·rō·wōš
we seek
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural |
| Strongs | 1875 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place)
1a2) to consult, enquire of, seek
1a2a) of God
1a2b) of heathen gods, necromancers
1a3) to seek deity in prayer and worship
1a3a) God
1a3b) heathen deities
1a4) to seek (with a demand), demand, require
1a5) to investigate, enquire
1a6) to ask for, require, demand
1a7) to practice, study, follow, seek with application
1a8) to seek with care, care for
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God)
1b2) to be sought, be sought out
1b3) to be required (of blood) |
lê·lō·hê·ḵem
your God
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (plural)
1a) rulers, judges
1b) divine ones
1c) angels
1d) gods
2) (plural intensive-singular meaning)
2a) god, goddess
2b) godlike one
2c) works or special possessions of God
2d) the (true) God
2e) God |
’ă·naḥ·nū
. . .
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common plural |
| Strongs | 587 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) we (first pers. pl. -usually used for emphasis) |
zō·ḇə·ḥîm
and have been sacrificing
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 2076 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to slaughter for sacrifice
1a2) to slaughter for eating
1a3) to slaughter in divine judgment
1b) (Piel) to sacrifice, offer sacrifice |
wə·lō
to Him since
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
mî·mê
the time
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
me·leḵ
of King
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
’ê·sar
| Strongs | 634 |
| BSB/Thayers | Esarhaddon = |Ashur has given a brother|
1) king of Assyria in the seventh-century BC |
ḥad·dōn
Esar-haddon
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 634 |
| BSB/Thayers | Esarhaddon = |Ashur has given a brother|
1) king of Assyria in the seventh-century BC |
’aš·šūr
of Assyria ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 804 |
| BSB/Thayers | Asshur or Assyria = |a step|
n pr m
1) the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians
2) the people of Assyria
n pr loc
3) the nation, Assyria
4) the land, Assyria or Asshur |
ham·ma·‘ă·leh
who brought
| Grammar | Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5927 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go up, ascend, climb
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go up, ascend
1a2) to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat
1a3) to go up, come up (of animals)
1a4) to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation)
1a5) to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon)
1a6) to come up (before God)
1a7) to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary)
1a8) to excel, be superior to
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away
1b2) to take oneself away
1b3) to be exalted
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up
1c2) to bring up, bring against, take away
1c3) to bring up, draw up, train
1c4) to cause to ascend
1c5) to rouse, stir up (mentally)
1c6) to offer, bring up (of gifts)
1c7) to exalt
1c8) to cause to ascend, offer
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be carried away, be led up
1d2) to be taken up into, be inserted in
1d3) to be offered
1e) (Hithpael) to lift oneself |
’ō·ṯā·nū
us
| Grammar | Direct object marker | first person common plural |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
pōh
here . ”
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 6311 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) here, from here, hither
1a) here
1b) hither |
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But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.” |
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zə·rub·bā·ḇel
But Zerubbabel ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2216 |
| BSB/Thayers | Zerubbabel = |sown in Babylon|
1) the grandson of king Jehoiachin and leader of the first group of returning exiles from Babylon |
wə·yê·šū·a‘
Jeshua ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3442 |
| BSB/Thayers | Jeshua = |he is saved|
n pr m
1) son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim and successor to Moses as the leader of the children of Israel; led the conquest of Canaan
2) son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration
3) a priest in the time of David who had charge of the 9th course
4) a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah
5) head of a Levitical house which returned from captivity in Babylon
6) father of a builder of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
n pr loc
7) a town in southern Judah reinhabited by the people of Judah after the return from captivity |
ū·šə·’ār
and the other
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) rest, residue, remnant, remainder |
rā·šê
heads
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 7218 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning
1a) head (of man, animals)
1b) top, tip (of mountain)
1c) height (of stars)
1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)
1e) head, front, beginning
1f) chief, choicest, best
1g) head, division, company, band
1h) sum |
hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ
of the families
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) father of an individual
2) of God as father of his people
3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan
4) ancestor
4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person
4b) of people
5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art
6) of producer, generator (fig.)
7) of benevolence and protection (fig.)
8) term of respect and honour
9) ruler or chief (spec.) |
lə·yiś·rā·’êl
of Israel
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3478 |
| BSB/Thayers | Israel = |God prevails|
1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel
2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob
2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split
2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah
2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile |
way·yō·mer
replied
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 559 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter
1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
lā·hem
- ,
| Grammar | Preposition | third person masculine plural |
lō-
“ You have no
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
lā·ḵem
part
| Grammar | Preposition | second person masculine plural |
wā·lā·nū
with us
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Preposition | first person common plural |
liḇ·nō·wṯ
in building
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 1129 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to build, rebuild
1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be built
1b2) to be rebuilt
1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.)
1b4) established (made permanent)
1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine) |
ba·yiṯ
a house
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
lê·lō·hê·nū
for our God ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural |
| Strongs | 430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (plural)
1a) rulers, judges
1b) divine ones
1c) angels
1d) gods
2) (plural intensive-singular meaning)
2a) god, goddess
2b) godlike one
2c) works or special possessions of God
2d) the (true) God
2e) God |
kî
since
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
’ă·naḥ·nū
we
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common plural |
| Strongs | 587 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) we (first pers. pl. -usually used for emphasis) |
ya·ḥaḏ
alone
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3162 |
| BSB/Thayers | n m
1) union, unitedness
adv
2) together, altogether, all together, alike |
niḇ·neh
must build
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural |
| Strongs | 1129 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to build, rebuild
1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be built
1b2) to be rebuilt
1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.)
1b4) established (made permanent)
1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine) |
Yah·weh
it for the LORD ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3068 |
| BSB/Thayers | Jehovah = |the existing One|
1) the proper name of the one true God
1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136 |
’ĕ·lō·hê
the God
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (plural)
1a) rulers, judges
1b) divine ones
1c) angels
1d) gods
2) (plural intensive-singular meaning)
2a) god, goddess
2b) godlike one
2c) works or special possessions of God
2d) the (true) God
2e) God |
yiś·rā·’êl
of Israel ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3478 |
| BSB/Thayers | Israel = |God prevails|
1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel
2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob
2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split
2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah
2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile |
ka·’ă·šer
as
| Grammar | Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
ham·me·leḵ
-
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
kō·w·reš
Cyrus
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3566 |
| BSB/Thayers | Cyrus = |posses thou the furnace|
1) the king of Persia and conqueror of Babylon; first ruler of Persia to make a decree allowing the Israelite exiles to return to Jerusalem |
me·leḵ-
king
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
pā·rās
of Persia
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6539 |
| BSB/Thayers | Persia = |pure| or |splendid|
1) the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south
1a) Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania
Persian = see Persia |pure| or |splendid|
2) the people of the Persian empire |
ṣiw·wā·nū
has commanded us . ”
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural |
| Strongs | 6680 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order
1a)(Piel)
1a1) to lay charge upon
1a2) to give charge to, give command to
1a3) to give charge unto
1a4) to give charge over, appoint
1a5) to give charge, command
1a6) to charge, command
1a7) to charge, commission
1a8) to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act)
1b) (Pual) to be commanded |
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Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build. |
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way·hî
Then
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
‘am-
the people
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5971 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) nation, people
1a) people, nation
1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
2) kinsman, kindred |
hā·’ā·reṣ
of the land
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 776 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) land, earth
1a) earth
1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part)
1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven)
1a3) earth (inhabitants)
1b) land
1b1) country, territory
1b2) district, region
1b3) tribal territory
1b4) piece of ground
1b5) land of Canaan, Israel
1b6) inhabitants of land
1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world
1b8) city (-state)
1c) ground, surface of the earth
1c1) ground
1c2) soil
1d) (in phrases)
1d1) people of the land
1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)
1d3) level or plain country
1d4) land of the living
1d5) end(s) of the earth
1e) (almost wholly late in usage)
1e1) lands, countries
1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan |
mə·rap·pîm
set out to discourage
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 7503 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to sink down
1a2) to sink, drop
1a3) to sink, relax, abate
1a4) to relax, withdraw
1b) (Niphal) idle (participle)
1c) (Piel) to let drop
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to let drop, abandon, relax, refrain, forsake
1d2) to let go
1d3) to refrain, let alone
1d4) to be quiet
1e) (Hithpael) to show oneself slack |
yə·ḏê
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine dual construct |
| Strongs | 3027 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
1d) (various special, technical senses)
1d1) sign, monument
1d2) part, fractional part, share
1d3) time, repetition
1d4) axle-trees, axle
1d5) stays, support (for laver)
1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
1d8) wrists |
‘am-
the people
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5971 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) nation, people
1a) people, nation
1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
2) kinsman, kindred |
yə·hū·ḏāh
of Judah
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3063 |
| BSB/Thayers | Judah = |praised|
1) the son of Jacob by Leah
2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob
3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah
4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon
5) a Levite in Ezra's time
6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah
8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah |
ū·mə·ḇa·la·hīm
and make them afraid
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1089 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (Piel) to trouble |
’ō·w·ṯām
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker | third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
liḇ·nō·wṯ
to build .
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 1129 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to build, rebuild
1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be built
1b2) to be rebuilt
1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.)
1b4) established (made permanent)
1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine) |
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They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia. |
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wə·sō·ḵə·rîm
They hired
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 7936 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to hire
1a) (Qal) to hire
1b) (Niphal) to hire oneself out
1c) (Hithpael) to earn wages |
yō·w·‘ă·ṣîm
counselors
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3289 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to advise, consult, give counsel, counsel, purpose, devise, plan
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to advise, counsel, give counsel, consult
1a2) counsellor (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to consult together, exchange counsel, deliberate, counsel together
1c) (Hithpael) to conspire |
‘ă·lê·hem
against them
| Grammar | Preposition | third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 5921 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)
1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
1e) over (of suspension or extension)
1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
1h) to (as a dative)
conj
2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although |
lə·hā·p̄êr
to frustrate
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 6565 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to break, frustrate
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to break, violate
1a2) to frustrate, make ineffectual
1b) (Hophal)
1b1) to be frustrated
1b2) to be broken
1b3) to break
1c) (Pilpel) to break to bits, shatter
2) to split, divide
2a) (Qal) to split, crack through
2b) (Poel) to break apart
2c) (Hithpoel) to be split, be cracked through |
‘ă·ṣā·ṯām
their plans
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 6098 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) counsel, advice, purpose |
kāl-
throughout
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
yə·mê
the reign
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
kō·w·reš
of Cyrus
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3566 |
| BSB/Thayers | Cyrus = |posses thou the furnace|
1) the king of Persia and conqueror of Babylon; first ruler of Persia to make a decree allowing the Israelite exiles to return to Jerusalem |
me·leḵ
king
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
pā·ras
of Persia
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6539 |
| BSB/Thayers | Persia = |pure| or |splendid|
1) the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south
1a) Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania
Persian = see Persia |pure| or |splendid|
2) the people of the Persian empire |
wə·‘aḏ-
and down to
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5704 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as
1a) of space
1a1) as far as, up to, even to
1b) in combination
1b1) from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' -from)
1c) of time
1c1) even to, until, unto, till, during, end
1d) of degree
1d1) even to, to the degree of, even like
conj
2) until, while, to the point that, so that even |
mal·ḵūṯ
the reign
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4438 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power
1a) royal power, dominion
1b) reign
1c) kingdom, realm |
dā·rə·yā·weš
of Darius
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1867 |
| BSB/Thayers | Darius = |lord|
1) Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, king of the Chaldeans, who succeeded to the Babylonian kingdom on the death of Belshazzar; probably the same as |Astyages| the last king of the Medes (538 BC)
2) Darius, the son of Hystaspes, the founder of the Perso-Arian dynasty (521 BC)
3) Darius II or Darius III
3a) Darius II, Nothus (Ochus) was king of Persia during the time of Nehemiah (424/3-405/4 BC). Darius II is the most probable because he is mentioned by Nehemiah and ruled during the time of Nehemiah
3b) Darius III, Codomannus was king of Persia during its last years at the time of Alexander the Great and was his opponent (336-330 BC) |
me·leḵ-
king
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
pā·rās
of Persia .
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6539 |
| BSB/Thayers | Persia = |pure| or |splendid|
1) the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south
1a) Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania
Persian = see Persia |pure| or |splendid|
2) the people of the Persian empire |
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At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, an accusation was lodged against the people of Judah and Jerusalem. |
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biṯ·ḥil·laṯ
At the beginning
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 8462 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) beginning, first
1a) the first time
1b) from the beginning, in the beginning (with prep) |
mal·ḵū·ṯōw
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4438 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power
1a) royal power, dominion
1b) reign
1c) kingdom, realm |
ū·ḇə·mal·ḵūṯ
of the reign
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4438 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power
1a) royal power, dominion
1b) reign
1c) kingdom, realm |
’ă·ḥaš·wê·rō·wōš
of Xerxes ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 325 |
| Footnote | Hebrew Ahasuerus |
| BSB/Thayers | Ahasuerus = |I will be silent and poor|
1) title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes |
śiṭ·nāh
an accusation
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7855 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) accusation, enmity |
kā·ṯə·ḇū
was lodged
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural |
| Strongs | 3789 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to write, record, enrol
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to write, inscribe, engrave, write in, write on
1a2) to write down, describe in writing
1a3) to register, enrol, record
1a4) to decree
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be written
1b2) to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled
1c) (Piel) to continue writing |
‘al-
against
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5921 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)
1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
1e) over (of suspension or extension)
1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
1h) to (as a dative)
conj
2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although |
yō·šə·ḇê
the people
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 3427 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to sit, sit down
1a2) to be set
1a3) to remain, stay
1a4) to dwell, have one's abode
1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited
1c) (Piel) to set, place
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to sit
1d2) to cause to abide, set
1d3) to cause to dwell
1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited
1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to)
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be inhabited
1e2) to make to dwell |
yə·hū·ḏāh
of Judah
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3063 |
| BSB/Thayers | Judah = |praised|
1) the son of Jacob by Leah
2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob
3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah
4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon
5) a Levite in Ezra's time
6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah
8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah |
wî·rū·šā·lim
and Jerusalem .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3389 |
| BSB/Thayers | Jerusalem = |teaching of peace|
1) the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split |
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And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in Aramaic and then translated. |
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ū·ḇî·mê
And in the days
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
’ar·taḥ·šaś·tā
of Artaxerxes [king]
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 783 |
| BSB/Thayers | Artaxerxes = |I will make the spoiled to boil: I will stir myself (in) winter|
1) son and successor of Xerxes as emperor of Persia, 465-424 BC |
pā·rās
of Persia ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6539 |
| BSB/Thayers | Persia = |pure| or |splendid|
1) the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south
1a) Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania
Persian = see Persia |pure| or |splendid|
2) the people of the Persian empire |
biš·lām
Bishlam ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1312 |
| BSB/Thayers | Bishlam = |in peace|
1) a Persian officer in Palestine in the time of Ezra |
miṯ·rə·ḏāṯ
Mithredath ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4990 |
| BSB/Thayers | Mithredath = |given by Mithra|
1) treasurer of king Cyrus of Persia
2) a Persian officer stationed at Samaria in the time of Artaxerxes |
ṭā·ḇə·’êl
Tabeel ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2870 |
| BSB/Thayers | Tabeal = |God is good|
1) a man whose son was either in the army of Pekah or the army of Rezin and whom Pekah and Rezin proposed to make king of Israel
Tabeel = |God is good|
2) an officer of the Persian government in Samaria in the reign of Artaxerxes |
ū·šə·’ār
and the rest of
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) rest, residue, remnant, remainder |
kə·nå̄·wō·ṯō
his associates
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3674 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) associate, colleague, companion |
kā·ṯaḇ
wrote [a letter]
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3789 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to write, record, enrol
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to write, inscribe, engrave, write in, write on
1a2) to write down, describe in writing
1a3) to register, enrol, record
1a4) to decree
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be written
1b2) to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled
1c) (Piel) to continue writing |
‘al-
to
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5921 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)
1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
1e) over (of suspension or extension)
1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
1h) to (as a dative)
conj
2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although |
me·leḵ
vvv
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
ʾar·taḥ·šaś·tå̄
Artaxerxes .
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 783 |
| BSB/Thayers | Artaxerxes = |I will make the spoiled to boil: I will stir myself (in) winter|
1) son and successor of Xerxes as emperor of Persia, 465-424 BC |
ū·ḵə·ṯāḇ
-
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3791 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) a writing, document, edict
1a) register, enrolment, roll
1b) mode of writing, character, letter
1c) letter, document, a writing
1d) a written edict
1d1) of royal enactment
1d2) of divine authority |
han·niš·tə·wān
[It]
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5406 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) letter |
kā·ṯūḇ
was written
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3789 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to write, record, enrol
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to write, inscribe, engrave, write in, write on
1a2) to write down, describe in writing
1a3) to register, enrol, record
1a4) to decree
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be written
1b2) to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled
1c) (Piel) to continue writing |
’ă·rā·mîṯ
in Aramaic
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 762 |
| BSB/Thayers | Aramaic = |language|
1) the language of Aram, Aramaic |
ū·mə·ṯur·gām
and then translated
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8638 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (Pual) to interpret, translate |
’ă·rā·mîṯ
- .
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 762 |
| Footnote | The original text of Ezra 4:8 through Ezra 6:18 is in Aramaic. |
| BSB/Thayers | Aramaic = |language|
1) the language of Aram, Aramaic |
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Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows: |
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rə·ḥūm
Rehum
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7348 |
| BSB/Thayers | Rehum = |compassion|
1) an man who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
1a) also 'Nehum'
2) a commander who wrote a letter to the king Artaxerxes in which he opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem
3) a Levite of the family of Bani who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
4) one of the chiefs of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
5) a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel |
bə·‘êl-
the commander
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1169 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) owner, lord |
ṭə·‘êm
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2942 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) decree, taste, judgment, command
1a) taste
1b) judgment, discretion
1c) report
1d) command |
wə·šim·šay
and Shimshai
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8124 |
| BSB/Thayers | Shimshai = |sunny|
1) the scribe for Rehum, the satrap of Judea for the Persian government |
sā·p̄ə·rā
the scribe
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 5613 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) scribe, secretary |
kə·ṯa·ḇū
wrote
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3790 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to write
1a) (P'al) to write, to be written |
ḥă·ḏāh
[the]
| Grammar | Number - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2298 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) one (number)
1a) one
1b) a (indefinite article) |
’ig·gə·rāh
letter
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 104 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) letter, missive (Aramaic loan-word used in last OT books) |
‘al-
against
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5922 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) upon, over, on account of, above, to, against
1a) upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of
1b) over (with verbs of ruling)
1c) above, beyond (in comparison)
1d) to, against (of direction) |
yə·rū·šə·lem
Jerusalem
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3390 |
| BSB/Thayers | Jerusalem = |teaching of peace|
1) the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split |
mal·kā
to King
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 4430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
lə·’ar·taḥ·šaśt
Artaxerxes
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 783 |
| BSB/Thayers | Artaxerxes = |I will make the spoiled to boil: I will stir myself (in) winter|
1) son and successor of Xerxes as emperor of Persia, 465-424 BC |
kə·nê·mā
as follows :
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3660 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) thus, so, accordingly, as follows |
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From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa, |
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’ĕ·ḏa·yin
-
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 116 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) then, afterwards, thereupon, from that time |
rə·ḥūm
From Rehum
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7348 |
| BSB/Thayers | Rehum = |compassion|
1) an man who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
1a) also 'Nehum'
2) a commander who wrote a letter to the king Artaxerxes in which he opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem
3) a Levite of the family of Bani who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
4) one of the chiefs of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
5) a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel |
bə·‘êl-
the commander
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1169 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) owner, lord |
ṭə·‘êm
. . . ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2942 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) decree, taste, judgment, command
1a) taste
1b) judgment, discretion
1c) report
1d) command |
wə·šim·šay
Shimshai
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8124 |
| BSB/Thayers | Shimshai = |sunny|
1) the scribe for Rehum, the satrap of Judea for the Persian government |
sā·p̄ə·rā
the scribe ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 5613 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) scribe, secretary |
ū·šə·’ār
and the rest
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7606 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) rest, remainder |
kə·nā·wā·ṯə·hō·wn
of their associates —
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3675 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) companion, associate |
dî·nā·yê
the judges
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1784 |
| BSB/Thayers | Dinaites = |judgment|
1) the name of some of the Cuthaean colonists who were placed in the cities of Samaria after the captivity of the ten tribes |
wa·’ă·p̄ar·saṯ·ḵā·yê
and officials
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 671 |
| BSB/Thayers | Apharsachites = |as causers of division (?)| Apharsathchites = |I will divide the deceivers (?)|
1) (CLBL) an unknown office
2) (BDB) perhaps an office or an official
3) (TWOT)
3a) a people
3b) perhaps a title of an official |
ṭar·pə·lā·yê
over Tripolis ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2967 |
| BSB/Thayers | Tarpelites = |they of the fallen (or wondrous) mountain|
1) the group of Assyrian colonists who were planted in the cities of Samaria after the captivity of the northern kingdom of Israel; identity uncertain |
’ă·p̄ā·rə·sā·yê
Persia ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 670 |
| BSB/Thayers | Apharsite = |causers of division (?)|
1) (CLBL) an unknown office
2) (BDB) secretaries
3) (TWOT) perhaps a title of an official |
ʾar·kə·wå̄y
Erech
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 756 |
| BSB/Thayers | Archevites = |lengthy|
1) a native of the city of Erech |
ḇā·ḇə·lā·yê
and Babylon ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 896 |
| BSB/Thayers | Babylonian = |confusion (by mixing)|
1) Babylonian |
‘ê·lə·mā·yê
the Elamites
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5962 |
| BSB/Thayers | Elamites = see Elam |their heaps|
1) a native of Elam |
šū·šan·ḵā·yê
of Susa
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7801 |
| BSB/Thayers | Susanchites = see Shushan |lily|
1) the inhabitants of the city of Shushan or Susa |
di·hū
,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
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and the rest of the peoples whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and elsewhere west of the Euphrates. |
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ū·šə·’ār
and the rest
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7606 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) rest, remainder |
’um·may·yā
of the peoples
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural determinate |
| Strongs | 524 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) people, tribe, nation |
dî
whom
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
rab·bā
the great
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 7229 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) great
1a) great
1b) great (fig of power)
n
2) captain, chief |
wə·yaq·qî·rā
and honorable
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 3358 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) rare, noble, famous, difficult
1a) honourable
1b) difficult (meton) |
’ā·sə·nap·par
Ashurbanipal
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 620 |
| Footnote | Aramaic Osnappar, another name for Ashurbanipal |
| BSB/Thayers | Asnappar or Osnappar = |horned bull: thorn abolished|
1) an Assyrian king who transported other peoples into Samaria - probably the king, Ashurbanipal |
haḡ·lî
deported
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1541 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to reveal
1a) (P'al) to reveal (secrets), be revealed
1b) (Aphel) to take into exile |
wə·hō·w·ṯêḇ
and settled
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3488 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to sit, dwell
1a) (P'al) to sit, be seated
1b) (Aphel) to cause to dwell |
him·mōw
. . .
| Grammar | Pronoun - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1994 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) they, them
1a) they (subject)
1b) them (object) |
bə·qir·yāh
in the cities
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7149 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) city |
dî
of
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
šā·mə·rā·yin
Samaria
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 8115 |
| BSB/Thayers | Samaria = |watch mountain|
1) the region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the 10 tribes of Israelwhich split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam
2) the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel located 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Shechem |
ū·šə·’ār
and elsewhere
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7606 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) rest, remainder |
‘ă·ḇar-
west
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5675 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) region beyond or across |
na·hă·rāh
of the Euphrates
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 5103 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) river |
ū·ḵə·‘e·neṯ
. . . .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3706 |
| Footnote | Aramaic beyond the River; also in verses 11, 16, 17, and 20 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) now, and now |
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(This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates: |
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də·nāh
( This
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1836 |
| BSB/Thayers | demons pron
1) this, on account of this
adv
2) therefore |
par·še·ḡen
is the text
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 6573 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) copy |
’ig·gar·tā
of the letter
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 104 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) letter, missive (Aramaic loan-word used in last OT books) |
dî
. . .
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
šə·la·ḥū
they sent
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 7972 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to send
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to send, send out
1a2) to be sent |
‘ă·lō·w·hî
to him .)
| Grammar | Preposition | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5922 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) upon, over, on account of, above, to, against
1a) upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of
1b) over (with verbs of ruling)
1c) above, beyond (in comparison)
1d) to, against (of direction) |
‘al-
To
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5922 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) upon, over, on account of, above, to, against
1a) upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of
1b) over (with verbs of ruling)
1c) above, beyond (in comparison)
1d) to, against (of direction) |
mal·kā
King
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 4430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
’ar·taḥ·šaśt
Artaxerxes ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 783 |
| BSB/Thayers | Artaxerxes = |I will make the spoiled to boil: I will stir myself (in) winter|
1) son and successor of Xerxes as emperor of Persia, 465-424 BC |
ʿaḇ·ḏå̄yḵ
From your servants ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5649 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) servant, slave |
’ĕ·nāš
the men
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 606 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man, human being
2) mankind (collective) |
‘ă·ḇar-
west
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5675 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) region beyond or across |
na·hă·rāh
of the Euphrates
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 5103 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) river |
ū·ḵə·‘e·neṯ
. . . :
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3706 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) now, and now |
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Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you to us have returned to Jerusalem. And they are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city, restoring its walls, and repairing its foundations. |
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le·hĕ·wê
Let it be
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1934 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to come to pass, become, be
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to come to pass
1a2) to come into being, arise, become, come to be
1a2a) to let become known (with participle of knowing)
1a3) to be |
yə·ḏî·a‘
known
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3046 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to know
1a) (P'al) to know
1b) (Aphel) to let someone know, communicate, inform, cause to know |
lə·mal·kā
to the king
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 4430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
dî
that
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
yə·hū·ḏā·yê
the Jews
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3062 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) Jew |
dî
who
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
sə·li·qū
came
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 5559 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to ascend, come up
1a) (P'al) to come up
1b) (P'il) to come up |
min-
from
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 4481 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than
1a) from, out of (of place)
1b) from, by, as a result of, by reason of, at, according to, (of source)
1c) from (of time)
1d) beyond, more than (in comparisons) |
lə·wā·ṯāḵ
you
| Grammar | Preposition | second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3890 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, at, beside, near, with |
‘ă·le·nā
to us
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common plural |
| Strongs | 5922 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) upon, over, on account of, above, to, against
1a) upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of
1b) over (with verbs of ruling)
1c) above, beyond (in comparison)
1d) to, against (of direction) |
’ă·ṯōw
have returned
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 858 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to come, arrive
1a) (P'al) to come
1b) (Aphel) to bring
1c) (Hophal) to be brought
2) used in the NT in the phrase |maranatha| -|Lord come| |
lî·rū·šə·lem
to Jerusalem .
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3390 |
| BSB/Thayers | Jerusalem = |teaching of peace|
1) the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split |
bā·na·yin
And they are rebuilding
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1124 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to build
1a) (P'al) to build
1b) (Ithp'il) to be built |
mā·rā·ḏə·tā
that rebellious
| Grammar | Adjective - feminine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 4779 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) rebellious |
ū·ḇi·yō·šə·tå̄
and wicked
| Grammar | Adjective - feminine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 873 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) evil, bad, be evil |
qir·yə·ṯā
city ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 7149 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) city |
ʾă·šaḵ·lə·lū
restoring
| Grammar | Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3635 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to finish, complete
1a) (Shaphel) to finish
1b) (Ishtaphel) to be completed |
wə·šū·ray·yå̄
[its] walls ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural determinate |
| Strongs | 7792 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wall |
ya·ḥî·ṭū
and repairing
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 2338 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (Aphel) to repair, join |
wə·’uš·šay·yā
its foundations .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural determinate |
| Strongs | 787 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) foundation |
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Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer. |
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kə·‘an
Let it now
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3705 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) now, at this time, until now |
le·hĕ·wê
be
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1934 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to come to pass, become, be
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to come to pass
1a2) to come into being, arise, become, come to be
1a2a) to let become known (with participle of knowing)
1a3) to be |
yə·ḏî·a‘
known
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3046 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to know
1a) (P'al) to know
1b) (Aphel) to let someone know, communicate, inform, cause to know |
lə·mal·kā
to the king
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 4430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
dî
that
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
hên
if
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 2006 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) behold, if, whether |
ḏāḵ
that
| Grammar | Pronoun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1791 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this |
qir·yə·ṯā
city
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 7149 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) city |
tiṯ·bə·nê
is rebuilt
| Grammar | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1124 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to build
1a) (P'al) to build
1b) (Ithp'il) to be built |
wə·šū·ray·yāh
and its walls
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural determinate |
| Strongs | 7792 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wall |
yiš·taḵ·lə·lūn
are restored ,
| Grammar | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3635 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to finish, complete
1a) (Shaphel) to finish
1b) (Ishtaphel) to be completed |
lā
they will not
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3809 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) no, not, nothing |
yin·tə·nūn
pay
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 5415 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to give
1a2) to give, allow
1a3) to give, pay |
min·dāh-
tribute ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4061 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) tribute |
ḇə·lōw
duty ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1093 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) tribute |
wa·hă·lāḵ
or toll ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1983 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) toll, custom duty, tribute |
mal·ḵîm
and the royal
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
wə·’ap·pə·ṯōm
treasury
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 674 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) treasury, treasuries
2) (CLBL) revenue |
tə·han·ziq
will suffer .
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5142 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to suffer injury
1a) (P'al) to suffer injury
1b) (Aphel) to injure |
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Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king |
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kə·‘an
Now
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3705 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) now, at this time, until now |
kāl-
because
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3606 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, whole, the whole
1a) the whole of, all
1b) every, any, none |
qo·ḇêl
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 6903 |
| BSB/Thayers | subst
1) front
prep
2) in front of, before, because of, in view of, by reason of, because of this, therefore
conj
3) because that, inasmuch as, although, according as, before
adv
4) accordingly, then |
dî-
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
mə·laḥ
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4416 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) salt |
mə·laḥ·nā
we are in the service
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural |
| Strongs | 4415 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (P'al) to eat salt |
hê·ḵə·lā
of the palace
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 1965 |
| Footnote | Literally because the salt of the palace is the salt we eat |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) palace, temple
1a) palace
1b) temple (in Jerusalem)
1c) temple (pagan) |
lā
vvv
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3809 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) no, not, nothing |
’ărîḵ-
and it is not fitting
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 749 |
| BSB/Thayers | v
1) (CLBL) (P'al) to be long, reach, meet
adj v
2)(BDB/TWOT) fitting, proper |
la·nā
for us
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common plural |
lə·me·ḥĕ·zê
to allow
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 2370 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, behold
1a)(P'al)
1a1) to see
1a2) to see, behold, witness
1a3) to behold (in a dream or vision)
1a4) customary, seemly (passive) |
‘al-
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5922 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) upon, over, on account of, above, to, against
1a) upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of
1b) over (with verbs of ruling)
1c) above, beyond (in comparison)
1d) to, against (of direction) |
də·nāh
. . .
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1836 |
| BSB/Thayers | demons pron
1) this, on account of this
adv
2) therefore |
mal·kā
the king
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 4430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
wə·‘ar·waṯ
to be dishonored ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 6173 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) dishonour, nakedness
1a) dishonour (metaphor of nakedness) |
šə·laḥ·nā
we have sent
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural |
| Strongs | 7972 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to send
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to send, send out
1a2) to be sent |
wə·hō·w·ḏa‘·nā
to inform
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural |
| Strongs | 3046 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to know
1a) (P'al) to know
1b) (Aphel) to let someone know, communicate, inform, cause to know |
lə·mal·kā
the king
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 4430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
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that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed. |
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dî
that
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
yə·ḇaq·qar
a search should be made
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1240 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to seek, enquire
1a) (Pael) to enquire
1b) (Ithpael) to let search be made |
dā·ḵə·rā·nay·yā
of the record
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural determinate |
| Strongs | 1799 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) record, memorandum |
bis·p̄ar-
books
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5609 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) book |
dî
of
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
’ă·ḇā·hā·ṯāḵ
your fathers .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) father |
dā·ḵə·rā·nay·yā
[In these]
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural determinate |
| Strongs | 1799 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) record, memorandum |
bis·p̄ar
books
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5609 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) book |
ū·ṯə·haš·kaḥ
you will discover
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7912 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to find
1a) (Aphel) to find
1b) (Ithp'al) to be found |
wə·ṯin·da‘
and verify
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3046 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to know
1a) (P'al) to know
1b) (Aphel) to let someone know, communicate, inform, cause to know |
dî
that
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
qir·yə·ṯā
the city
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 7149 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) city |
ḏāḵ
| Grammar | Pronoun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1791 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this |
mā·rā·ḏā
is a rebellious
| Grammar | Adjective - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4779 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) rebellious |
qir·yā
city ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7149 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) city |
ū·mə·han·zə·qaṯ
harmful
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5142 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to suffer injury
1a) (P'al) to suffer injury
1b) (Aphel) to injure |
mal·ḵîn
to kings
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
ū·mə·ḏi·nān
and provinces ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 4083 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) district, province |
‘ā·ḇə·ḏîn
inciting
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 5648 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to make, do
1a)(P'al)
1a1) to make, create
1a2) to do, perform
1b) (Ithp'al)
1b1) to be made into
1b2) to be done, be wrought, be performed, be executed, be carried out |
wə·’eš·tad·dūr
sedition
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 849 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) revolt, sedition |
bə·ḡaw·wah
-
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1459 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) midst, the midst |
min-
from
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 4481 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than
1a) from, out of (of place)
1b) from, by, as a result of, by reason of, at, according to, (of source)
1c) from (of time)
1d) beyond, more than (in comparisons) |
‘ā·lə·mā
ancient
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 5957 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) perpetuity, antiquity, for ever |
yō·w·māṯ
times .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 3118 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day
2) day always refers to a twenty-four hour period when the word is modified by a definite or cardinal number |
‘al-
That is why
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5922 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) upon, over, on account of, above, to, against
1a) upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of
1b) over (with verbs of ruling)
1c) above, beyond (in comparison)
1d) to, against (of direction) |
də·nāh
this
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1836 |
| BSB/Thayers | demons pron
1) this, on account of this
adv
2) therefore |
qir·yə·ṯā
city
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 7149 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) city |
ḏāḵ
. . .
| Grammar | Pronoun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1791 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this |
hā·ḥā·rə·ḇaṯ
was destroyed .
| Grammar | Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2718 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to dry up, be waste
1a) (Hophal) to be laid waste |
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We advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, you will have no dominion west of the Euphrates. |
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’ă·naḥ·nāh
We
| Grammar | Pronoun - first person common plural |
| Strongs | 586 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) we (first pers. pl.) |
mə·hō·wḏ·‘în
advise
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3046 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to know
1a) (P'al) to know
1b) (Aphel) to let someone know, communicate, inform, cause to know |
lə·mal·kā
the king
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 4430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
dî
that
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
hên
if
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 2006 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) behold, if, whether |
ḏāḵ
this
| Grammar | Pronoun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1791 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this |
qir·yə·ṯā
city
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 7149 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) city |
tiṯ·bə·nê
is rebuilt
| Grammar | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1124 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to build
1a) (P'al) to build
1b) (Ithp'il) to be built |
wə·šū·ray·yāh
and its walls
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural determinate |
| Strongs | 7792 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) wall |
yiš·taḵ·lə·lūn
are restored ,
| Grammar | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3635 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to finish, complete
1a) (Shaphel) to finish
1b) (Ishtaphel) to be completed |
lā·qo·ḇêl
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition-l |
| Strongs | 6903 |
| BSB/Thayers | subst
1) front
prep
2) in front of, before, because of, in view of, by reason of, because of this, therefore
conj
3) because that, inasmuch as, although, according as, before
adv
4) accordingly, then |
də·nāh
. . .
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1836 |
| BSB/Thayers | demons pron
1) this, on account of this
adv
2) therefore |
’î·ṯay
you will have
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 383 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) there is, there are
2) particle denoting existence |
lā
no
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3809 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) no, not, nothing |
lāḵ
-
| Grammar | Preposition | second person masculine singular |
ḥă·lāq
dominion
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2508 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) portion, possession, lot |
ba·‘ă·ḇar
west
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5675 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) region beyond or across |
na·hă·rā
of the Euphrates .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 5103 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) river |
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Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings. |
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mal·kā
[Then] the king
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 4430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
šə·laḥ
sent
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7972 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to send
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to send, send out
1a2) to be sent |
piṯ·ḡā·mā
this reply :
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 6600 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) command, work, affair, decree
1a) word, report
1b) decree |
‘al-
To
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5922 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) upon, over, on account of, above, to, against
1a) upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of
1b) over (with verbs of ruling)
1c) above, beyond (in comparison)
1d) to, against (of direction) |
rə·ḥūm
Rehum
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7348 |
| BSB/Thayers | Rehum = |compassion|
1) an man who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
1a) also 'Nehum'
2) a commander who wrote a letter to the king Artaxerxes in which he opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem
3) a Levite of the family of Bani who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
4) one of the chiefs of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
5) a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel |
bə·‘êl-
the commander
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1169 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) owner, lord |
ṭə·‘êm
. . . ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2942 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) decree, taste, judgment, command
1a) taste
1b) judgment, discretion
1c) report
1d) command |
wə·šim·šay
Shimshai
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8124 |
| BSB/Thayers | Shimshai = |sunny|
1) the scribe for Rehum, the satrap of Judea for the Persian government |
sā·p̄ə·rā
the scribe ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 5613 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) scribe, secretary |
ū·šə·’ār
and the rest
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7606 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) rest, remainder |
kə·nā·wā·ṯə·hō·wn
of your associates
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3675 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) companion, associate |
dî
. . .
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
yā·ṯə·ḇîn
living
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3488 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to sit, dwell
1a) (P'al) to sit, be seated
1b) (Aphel) to cause to dwell |
bə·šā·mə·rā·yin
in Samaria
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 8115 |
| BSB/Thayers | Samaria = |watch mountain|
1) the region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the 10 tribes of Israelwhich split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam
2) the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel located 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Shechem |
ū·šə·’ār
and elsewhere
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7606 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) rest, remainder |
‘ă·ḇar-
in the region west
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5675 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) region beyond or across |
na·hă·rāh
of the Euphrates :
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 5103 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) river |
šə·lām
Greetings .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8001 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) welfare, prosperity, peace, well-being |
ū·ḵə·‘eṯ
. . .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3706 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) now, and now |
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The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence. |
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niš·tə·wā·nā
The letter
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 5407 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) letter |
dî
. . .
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
šə·laḥ·tūn
you sent
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 7972 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to send
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to send, send out
1a2) to be sent |
‘ă·le·nā
us
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common plural |
| Strongs | 5922 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) upon, over, on account of, above, to, against
1a) upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of
1b) over (with verbs of ruling)
1c) above, beyond (in comparison)
1d) to, against (of direction) |
mə·p̄ā·raš
has been translated
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6568 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (Pael) to specify, distinguish, make distinct |
qĕ·rî
and read
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7123 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to call, read aloud, read out, shout
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to call, proclaim
1a2) to read aloud, read out
1b)(Ithp'el) to be summoned, be called |
qā·ḏā·māy
in my presence .
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 6925 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) before, in front of
1a) before
1b) from before |
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I issued a decree, and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has revolted against kings from ancient times, engaging in rebellion and sedition. |
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ū·min·nî
vvv
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Preposition | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 4481 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than
1a) from, out of (of place)
1b) from, by, as a result of, by reason of, at, according to, (of source)
1c) from (of time)
1d) beyond, more than (in comparisons) |
śîm
I issued
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7761 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to set, make, appoint
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to make, make decree, setout (decree)
1a2) to make, appoint
1a3) to set, fix
1b) (Ithp'al) to be made, be set, be laid |
ṭə·‘êm
a decree ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2942 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) decree, taste, judgment, command
1a) taste
1b) judgment, discretion
1c) report
1d) command |
ū·ḇaq·qa·rū
and a search was conducted .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1240 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to seek, enquire
1a) (Pael) to enquire
1b) (Ithpael) to let search be made |
wə·haš·ka·ḥū
It was discovered
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 7912 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to find
1a) (Aphel) to find
1b) (Ithp'al) to be found |
dî
that
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
ḏāḵ
this
| Grammar | Pronoun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1791 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this |
min-
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 4481 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than
1a) from, out of (of place)
1b) from, by, as a result of, by reason of, at, according to, (of source)
1c) from (of time)
1d) beyond, more than (in comparisons) |
qir·yə·ṯā
city
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 7149 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) city |
miṯ·naś·śə·’āh
has revolted
| Grammar | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5376 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to lift, bear, take, carry
1a) (P'al) to take
1b) (Ithpael) to make a rising, make an insurrection |
‘al-
against
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5922 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) upon, over, on account of, above, to, against
1a) upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of
1b) over (with verbs of ruling)
1c) above, beyond (in comparison)
1d) to, against (of direction) |
mal·ḵîn
kings
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
‘ā·lə·mā
from ancient
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 5957 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) perpetuity, antiquity, for ever |
yō·w·māṯ
times ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 3118 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day
2) day always refers to a twenty-four hour period when the word is modified by a definite or cardinal number |
ū·mə·raḏ
engaging in rebellion
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4776 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) rebellion |
wə·’eš·tad·dūr
and sedition
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 849 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) revolt, sedition |
miṯ·‘ă·ḇeḏ-
. . .
| Grammar | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5648 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to make, do
1a)(P'al)
1a1) to make, create
1a2) to do, perform
1b) (Ithp'al)
1b1) to be made into
1b2) to be done, be wrought, be performed, be executed, be carried out |
bah
.
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
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And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them. |
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taq·qî·p̄în
And mighty
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 8624 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) might, strong, mighty |
hă·wōw
. . .
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1934 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to come to pass, become, be
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to come to pass
1a2) to come into being, arise, become, come to be
1a2a) to let become known (with participle of knowing)
1a3) to be |
ū·mal·ḵîn
kings
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
‘al-
have ruled over
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5922 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) upon, over, on account of, above, to, against
1a) upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of
1b) over (with verbs of ruling)
1c) above, beyond (in comparison)
1d) to, against (of direction) |
yə·rū·šə·lem
Jerusalem
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3390 |
| BSB/Thayers | Jerusalem = |teaching of peace|
1) the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split |
wə·šal·lî·ṭîn
and exercised authority
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 7990 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) having mastery, having authority, ruling
1a) having or exercising mastery, ruling
1b) ruler (subst)
1c) having authority
1c1) it is authorised |
bə·ḵōl
over the whole
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3606 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, whole, the whole
1a) the whole of, all
1b) every, any, none |
‘ă·ḇar
region west
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5675 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) region beyond or across |
na·hă·rāh
of the Euphrates ;
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 5103 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) river |
ū·mid·dāh
and tribute ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4061 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) tribute |
ḇə·lōw
duty ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1093 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) tribute |
wa·hă·lāḵ
and toll
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1983 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) toll, custom duty, tribute |
miṯ·yə·hêḇ
were paid
| Grammar | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3052 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, provide
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to give
1a2) to place, lay (foundations)
1b) (Hithp'al)
1b1) to be given
1b2) to be paid |
lə·hō·wn
to them .
| Grammar | Preposition | third person masculine plural |
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Now, therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order. |
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kə·‘an
Now, therefore ,
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3705 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) now, at this time, until now |
śî·mū
issue
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 7761 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to set, make, appoint
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to make, make decree, setout (decree)
1a2) to make, appoint
1a3) to set, fix
1b) (Ithp'al) to be made, be set, be laid |
ṭə·‘êm
an order
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2942 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) decree, taste, judgment, command
1a) taste
1b) judgment, discretion
1c) report
1d) command |
’il·lêḵ
for these
| Grammar | Pronoun - common plural |
| Strongs | 479 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) these, those |
guḇ·ray·yā
men
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural determinate |
| Strongs | 1400 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) a man, a certain (one) |
lə·ḇaṭ·ṭā·lā
to stop ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 989 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (P'al) to cease
1a) to cease
1b) to make to cease |
ḏāḵ
so that this
| Grammar | Pronoun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1791 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this |
wə·qir·yə·ṯā
city
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 7149 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) city |
lā
will not
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3809 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) no, not, nothing |
ṯiṯ·bə·nê
be rebuilt
| Grammar | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1124 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to build
1a) (P'al) to build
1b) (Ithp'il) to be built |
‘aḏ-
until
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5705 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) even to, until, up to, during
conj
2) until, up to the time that, ere that |
min·nî
I
| Grammar | Preposition | first person common singular |
| Strongs | 4481 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than
1a) from, out of (of place)
1b) from, by, as a result of, by reason of, at, according to, (of source)
1c) from (of time)
1d) beyond, more than (in comparisons) |
ṭa‘·mā
so order
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 2942 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) decree, taste, judgment, command
1a) taste
1b) judgment, discretion
1c) report
1d) command |
yit·tə·śām
. . . .
| Grammar | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7761 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to set, make, appoint
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to make, make decree, setout (decree)
1a2) to make, appoint
1a3) to set, fix
1b) (Ithp'al) to be made, be set, be laid |
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See that you do not neglect this matter. Why allow this threat to increase and the royal interests to suffer? |
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ū·zə·hî·rîn
See that you
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 2095 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to take heed, care, warn
1a) (P'al) to be warned |
hĕ·wōw
. . .
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1934 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to come to pass, become, be
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to come to pass
1a2) to come into being, arise, become, come to be
1a2a) to let become known (with participle of knowing)
1a3) to be |
šā·lū
do not neglect
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7960 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) neglect, remissness |
lə·me‘·baḏ
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 5648 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to make, do
1a)(P'al)
1a1) to make, create
1a2) to do, perform
1b) (Ithp'al)
1b1) to be made into
1b2) to be done, be wrought, be performed, be executed, be carried out |
‘al-
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5922 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) upon, over, on account of, above, to, against
1a) upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of
1b) over (with verbs of ruling)
1c) above, beyond (in comparison)
1d) to, against (of direction) |
də·nāh
this matter .
| Grammar | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1836 |
| BSB/Thayers | demons pron
1) this, on account of this
adv
2) therefore |
lə·māh
Why
| Grammar | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4101 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) what, whatever
1a) what?
1b) whatever, what, whatsoever
1c) how?, why?, wherefore? (with prefixes) |
ḥă·ḇā·lā
allow this threat
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 2257 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) hurt, damage, injury |
yiś·gê
to increase
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7680 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (P'al) to grow great |
mal·ḵîn
and the royal
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
lə·han·zā·qaṯ
interests to suffer ?
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 5142 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to suffer injury
1a) (P'al) to suffer injury
1b) (Aphel) to injure |
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When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them. |
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’ĕ·ḏa·yin
When
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 116 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) then, afterwards, thereupon, from that time |
min-
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 4481 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than
1a) from, out of (of place)
1b) from, by, as a result of, by reason of, at, according to, (of source)
1c) from (of time)
1d) beyond, more than (in comparisons) |
dî
. . .
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
par·še·ḡen
the text
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 6573 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) copy |
niš·tə·wā·nā
of the letter
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 5407 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) letter |
dî
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
mal·kā
from King
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 4430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
ʾar·taḥ·šaś·tå̄
Artaxerxes
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 783 |
| BSB/Thayers | Artaxerxes = |I will make the spoiled to boil: I will stir myself (in) winter|
1) son and successor of Xerxes as emperor of Persia, 465-424 BC |
qĕ·rî
was read
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7123 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to call, read aloud, read out, shout
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to call, proclaim
1a2) to read aloud, read out
1b)(Ithp'el) to be summoned, be called |
qo·ḏām-
to
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 6925 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) before, in front of
1a) before
1b) from before |
rə·ḥūm
Rehum ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7348 |
| BSB/Thayers | Rehum = |compassion|
1) an man who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
1a) also 'Nehum'
2) a commander who wrote a letter to the king Artaxerxes in which he opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem
3) a Levite of the family of Bani who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
4) one of the chiefs of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
5) a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel |
wə·šim·šay
Shimshai
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8124 |
| BSB/Thayers | Shimshai = |sunny|
1) the scribe for Rehum, the satrap of Judea for the Persian government |
sā·p̄ə·rā
the scribe ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 5613 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) scribe, secretary |
ū·ḵə·nā·wā·ṯə·hō·wn
and their associates ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3675 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) companion, associate |
’ă·za·lū
they went
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 236 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go, to go off
1a) (P'al) to go, go off |
ḇiḇ·hî·lū
immediately
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 924 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) haste, hastily |
‘al-
to
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5922 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) upon, over, on account of, above, to, against
1a) upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of
1b) over (with verbs of ruling)
1c) above, beyond (in comparison)
1d) to, against (of direction) |
yə·hū·ḏā·yê
the Jews
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3062 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) Jew |
lî·rū·šə·lem
in Jerusalem
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3390 |
| BSB/Thayers | Jerusalem = |teaching of peace|
1) the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split |
bə·’eḏ·rā‘
and forcibly
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 153 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) strong, force, arm, power |
wə·ḥā·yil
. . .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2429 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) strength, army, power
1a) power
1b) force, army |
ū·ḇaṭ·ṭi·lū
stopped
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 989 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (P'al) to cease
1a) to cease
1b) to make to cease |
him·mōw
them .
| Grammar | Pronoun - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1994 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) they, them
1a) they (subject)
1b) them (object) |
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Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. |
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bê·ḏa·yin
Thus
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Adverb |
| Strongs | 116 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) then, afterwards, thereupon, from that time |
‘ă·ḇî·ḏaṯ
the construction
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5673 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) work, service, ritual, worship
1a) work, administration
1b) ritual, service |
bêṯ-
of the house
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1005 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) house (of men)
2) house (of God) |
’ĕ·lā·hā
of God
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular determinate |
| Strongs | 426 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) god, God
1a) god, heathen deity
1b) God (of Israel) |
dî
. . .
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 1768 |
| BSB/Thayers | part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because |
bî·rū·šə·lem
in Jerusalem
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3390 |
| BSB/Thayers | Jerusalem = |teaching of peace|
1) the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split |
bə·ṭê·laṯ
ceased ,
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 989 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (P'al) to cease
1a) to cease
1b) to make to cease |
wa·hă·wāṯ
and it remained
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1934 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to come to pass, become, be
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to come to pass
1a2) to come into being, arise, become, come to be
1a2a) to let become known (with participle of knowing)
1a3) to be |
bā·ṭə·lā
at a standstill
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 989 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (P'al) to cease
1a) to cease
1b) to make to cease |
‘aḏ
until
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5705 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) even to, until, up to, during
conj
2) until, up to the time that, ere that |
tar·tên
the second
| Grammar | Number - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 8648 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) two
1a) two (as cardinal number)
1b) second (as ordinal number)
1c) two (in combination with other numbers) |
šə·naṯ
year
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 8140 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) year |
lə·mal·ḵūṯ
of the reign
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4437 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) royalty, reign, kingdom
1a) royalty, kingship, kingly authority
1b) kingdom
1c) realm (of territory)
1d) reign (of time) |
dā·rə·yā·weš
of Darius
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1868 |
| BSB/Thayers | Darius = |lord|
1) Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, king of the Chaldeans, who succeeded to the Babylonian kingdom on the death of Belshazzar; probably the same as |Astyages| the last king of the Medes (538 BC) (same as H01867 (1))
2) Darius, the son of Hystaspes, the founder of the Perso-Arian dynasty (521 BC) (same as H01867 (2))
3) Darius II or Darius III
3a) Darius II, Nothus (Ochus) was king of Persia during the time of Nehemiah (424/3-405/4 BC). Darius II is the most probable because he is mentioned by Nehemiah and ruled during the time of Nehemiah
3b) Darius III, Codomannus was king of Persia during its last years at the time of Alexander the Great and was his opponent (336-330 BC) |
me·leḵ-
king
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4430 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
pā·rās
of Persia .
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6540 |
| BSB/Thayers | Persia = |pure| or |splendid|
1) the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south
1a) Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania
Persian = see Persia |pure| or |splendid|
2) the people of the Persian empire |
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