Ezra

Ezra 6:3

³In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem:

Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,^a

Footnotes

a 6:3 The house was to be approximately 90 feet or 27.4 meters in height and width; Syriac (see also 1 Kings 6:2|1KI 6:2) It is to be sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
In the first	חֲדָ֜ה	ḥă·ḏāh	Number - feminine singular	H2298 one, single, first
year	בִּשְׁנַ֨ת	biš·naṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8140 sleep
of King	מַלְכָּ֗א	mal·kā	Noun - masculine singular determinate	H4430 king
Cyrus	לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ	lə·ḵō·w·reš	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3567 Cyrus
he	כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ	kō·w·reš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3567 Cyrus
issued	שָׂ֣ם	śām	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7761 set, make
a decree	טְעֵם֒	ṭə·‘êm	Noun - masculine singular	H2942 taste, judgment, command
the house	בֵּית־	bêṯ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1005 house
of God	אֱלָהָ֤א	’ĕ·lā·hā	Noun - masculine singular determinate	H426 god, God
in Jerusalem	בִֽירוּשְׁלֶם֙	ḇî·rū·šə·lem	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3390 Jerusalem
Let the house	בַּיְתָ֣א	bay·ṯā	Noun - masculine singular determinate	H1005 house
be rebuilt	יִתְבְּנֵ֔א	yiṯ·bə·nê	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1124 build
as a place	אֲתַר֙	’ă·ṯar	Noun - masculine singular	H870 place
for	דִּֽי־	dî-	Pronoun - relative	H1768 who, which, that
offering	דָבְחִ֣ין	ḏā·ḇə·ḥîn	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H1684 sacrifice
sacrifices	דִּבְחִ֔ין	diḇ·ḥîn	Noun - masculine plural	H1685 sacrifice
and let its foundations	וְאֻשּׁ֖וֹהִי	wə·’uš·šō·w·hî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H787 foundation
be firmly laid	מְסֽוֹבְלִ֑ין	mə·sō·wḇ·lîn	Verb - Hifil - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural	H5446 erect
It is to be sixty	שִׁתִּ֔ין	šit·tîn	Number - common plural	H8361 sixty
cubits	אַמִּ֣ין	’am·mîn	Noun - feminine plural	H521 cubit
high	רוּמֵהּ֙	rū·mêh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7314 height
sixty	שִׁתִּֽין׃	šit·tîn	Number - common plural	H8361 sixty
cubits	אַמִּ֥ין	’am·mîn	Noun - feminine plural	H521 cubit
wide	פְּתָיֵ֖הּ	pə·ṯā·yêh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H6613 breadth

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.