Ezra

Ezra 4:7

⁷And 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.^b

Footnotes

b 4:7 The original text of Ezra 4:8|EZR 4:8through Ezra 6:18 is in Aramaic.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And in the days	וּבִימֵ֣י	ū·ḇî·mê	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct	H3117 day
of Artaxerxes	אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֗שְׂתָּא	’ar·taḥ·šaś·tā	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H783 Artaxerxes
of Persia	פָּרָ֑ס	pā·rās	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6539 Persia
Bishlam	בִּשְׁלָ֜ם	biš·lām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1312 Bishlam
Mithredath	מִתְרְדָ֤ת	miṯ·rə·ḏāṯ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4990 Mithredath
Tabeel	טָֽבְאֵל֙	ṭā·ḇə·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2870 Tabeel
and the rest of	וּשְׁאָ֣ר	ū·šə·’ār	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7605 remain, be left over
his associates	כְּנָוֹתוֹ	kə·nå̄·wō·ṯō	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H3674 associate, colleague
wrote	כָּתַ֨ב	kā·ṯaḇ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3789 write
to	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
Artaxerxes	אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּא	ʾar·taḥ·šaś·tå̄	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H783 Artaxerxes
was written	כָּת֥וּב	kā·ṯūḇ	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H3789 write
in Aramaic	אֲרָמִ֖ית	’ă·rā·mîṯ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H762 in Aramaic
and then translated	וּמְתֻרְגָּ֥ם	ū·mə·ṯur·gām	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular	H8638 interpret, translate

Cross-references

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2 Kings 18:26 · Daniel 2:4 · Isaiah 36:11 · Ezra 4:9 · Ezra 4:17 · Ezra 5:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.