Ezra
Ezra 4:21
21Now, 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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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | כְּעַן֙ | kə·‘an | Adverb | H3705 now |
| therefore | כְּעַן֙ | kə·‘an | Adverb | H3705 now |
| issue | שִׂ֣ימוּ | śî·mū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H7761 set, make |
| an order | טְּעֵ֔ם | ṭə·‘êm | Noun - masculine singular | H2942 taste, judgment, command |
| for these | אִלֵּ֑ךְ | ’il·lêḵ | Pronoun - common plural | H479 these |
| men | גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א | guḇ·ray·yā | Noun - masculine plural determinate | H1400 man |
| to stop | לְבַטָּלָ֖א | lə·ḇaṭ·ṭā·lā | Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | H989 cease |
| so that this | דָךְ֙ | ḏāḵ | Pronoun - feminine singular | H1791 this |
| city | וְקִרְיְתָ֥א | wə·qir·yə·ṯā | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular determinate | H7149 |
| will not | לָ֣א | lā | Adverb - Negative particle | H3809 not |
| be rebuilt | תִתְבְּנֵ֔א | ṯiṯ·bə·nê | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H1124 build |
| until | עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5705 even to, until |
| I | מִנִּ֖י | min·nî | Preposition; first person common singular | H4481 from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than |
| so order | טַעְמָ֥א | ṭa‘·mā | Noun - masculine singular determinate | H2942 taste, judgment, command |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.