Ezra

Ezra 4:4–5

⁴Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build. ⁵They 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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Ezra 4:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then	וַיְהִי֙	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
the people	עַם־	‘am-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5971 people
of the land	הָאָ֔רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
set out to discourage	מְרַפִּ֖ים	mə·rap·pîm	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H7503 sink, relax
the people	עַם־	‘am-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5971 people
of Judah	יְהוּדָ֑ה	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3063 Judah
and make them afraid	וּמְבַלַהִים	ū·mə·ḇa·la·hīm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H1089 trouble
to build	לִבְנֽוֹת׃	liḇ·nō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1129 build

Ezra 4:5

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They hired	וְסֹכְרִ֧ים	wə·sō·ḵə·rîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H7936 hire
counselors	יוֹעֲצִ֖ים	yō·w·‘ă·ṣîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H3289 advise, counsel
against them	עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם	‘ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H5921 height
to frustrate	לְהָפֵ֣ר	lə·hā·p̄êr	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H6565 break, frustrate
their plans	עֲצָתָ֑ם	‘ă·ṣā·ṯām	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H6098 counsel, advice
throughout	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the reign	יְמֵ֗י	yə·mê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H3117 day
of Cyrus	כּ֚וֹרֶשׁ	kō·w·reš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3566 Cyrus
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Persia	פָּרַ֔ס	pā·ras	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6539 Persia
and down to	וְעַד־	wə·‘aḏ-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the reign	מַלְכ֖וּת	mal·ḵūṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H4438 royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom
of Darius	דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ	dā·rə·yā·weš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1867 Darius
king	מֶֽלֶךְ־	me·leḵ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Persia	פָּרָֽס׃	pā·rās	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6539 Persia

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Ezra 4:4 Ezra 3:3 · Jeremiah 38:4 · Isaiah 35:3–4 · Nehemiah 6:9 · Nehemiah 4:11 · Nehemiah 4:7–8

Ezra 4:5 Nahum 1:11 · Ezra 5:5–6:18 · Acts 24:1–27 · Psalm 2:1–2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.