Ezra

Ezra 5:16

¹⁶So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So	אֱדַ֙יִן֙	’ĕ·ḏa·yin	Adverb	H116 then, thereupon
this	דֵּ֔ךְ	dêḵ	Adjective - masculine singular	H1791 this
Sheshbazzar	שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֣ר	šê·šə·baṣ·ṣar	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8340
came	אֲתָ֗א	’ă·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H858 come
and laid	יְהַ֧ב	yə·haḇ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3052 give
the foundation	אֻשַּׁיָּ֛א	’uš·šay·yā	Noun - masculine plural determinate	H787 foundation
of	דִּי־	dî-	Pronoun - relative	H1768 who, which, that
the house	בֵ֥ית	ḇêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1005 house
of God	אֱלָהָ֖א	’ĕ·lā·hā	Noun - masculine singular determinate	H426 god, God
in Jerusalem	בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם	ḇî·rū·šə·lem	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3390 Jerusalem
and from	וּמִן־	ū·min-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H4481 from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than
that time	אֱדַ֧יִן	’ĕ·ḏa·yin	Adverb	H116 then, thereupon
until	וְעַד־	wə·‘aḏ-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5705 even to, until
now	כְּעַ֛ן	kə·‘an	Adverb	H3705 now
it has been under construction	מִתְבְּנֵ֖א	miṯ·bə·nê	Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular	H1124 build
but it has not yet	וְלָ֥א	wə·lā	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3809 not
been completed	שְׁלִֽם׃	šə·lim	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H8000 be complete

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.