Ezra

Ezra 3:7

⁷They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They gave	וַיִּ֨תְּנוּ־	way·yit·tə·nū-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5414 give, put, set
money	כֶ֔סֶף	ḵe·sep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
to the masons	לַחֹצְבִ֖ים	la·ḥō·ṣə·ḇîm	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2672 hew, hew out, cleave
and carpenters	וְלֶחָרָשִׁ֑ים	wə·le·ḥā·rā·šîm	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2796 graver, artificer
and food	וּמַאֲכָ֨ל	ū·ma·’ă·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3978 food
and drink	וּמִשְׁתֶּ֜ה	ū·miš·teh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H4960 feast
and oil	וָשֶׁ֗מֶן	wā·še·men	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H8081 fat, oil
to the people of Sidon	לַצִּֽדֹנִים֙	laṣ·ṣi·ḏō·nîm	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6722 Tsidonian
and Tyre	וְלַצֹּרִ֔ים	wə·laṣ·ṣō·rîm	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6876 Tyrian
to bring	לְהָבִיא֩	lə·hā·ḇî	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H935 come in, come, go in, go
cedar	אֲרָזִ֤ים	’ă·rā·zîm	Noun - masculine plural	H730 cedar
logs	עֲצֵ֨י	‘ă·ṣê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H6086 tree, trees, wood
from	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
Lebanon	הַלְּבָנוֹן֙	hal·lə·ḇā·nō·wn	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3844 Lebanon
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Joppa	יָפ֔וֹא	yā·p̄ō·w	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3305 Joppa
by sea	יָ֣ם	yām	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3220 sea
as authorized	כְּרִשְׁי֛וֹן	kə·riš·yō·wn	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7558 permission
by Cyrus	כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ	kō·w·reš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3566 Cyrus
king	מֶֽלֶךְ־	me·leḵ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Persia	פָּרַ֖ס	pā·ras	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6539 Persia

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.