Ezra

Ezra 7:12–13

12Artaxerxes, king of kings.

To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven:

Greetings.d

13I hereby decree that any volunteers among the Israelites in my kingdom, including the priests and Levites, may go up with you to Jerusalem.

Footnotes

  • d 7:12 Aramaic Perfect now (probably a greeting)

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Ezra 7:12

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Artaxerxesאַ֨רְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא’ar·taḥ·šastNoun - proper - masculine singularH783 Artaxerxes
kingמֶ֖לֶךְme·leḵNoun - masculine singular constructH4430 king
of kingsמַלְכַיָּ֑אmal·ḵay·yāNoun - masculine plural determinateH4430 king
To Ezraלְעֶזְרָ֣אlə·‘ez·rāPreposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singularH5831 Ezra
the priestכָ֠הֲנָאḵā·hă·nāNoun - masculine singular determinateH3549 priest
the scribeסָפַ֨רsā·p̄arNoun - masculine singular constructH5613 secretary, scribe
of the Lawדָּתָ֜אdā·ṯāNoun - feminine singular determinateH1882 decree, law
ofדִּֽי־dî-Pronoun - relativeH1768 who, which, that
the Godאֱלָ֧הּ’ĕ·lāhNoun - masculine singular constructH426 god, God
of heavenשְׁמַיָּ֛אšə·may·yāNoun - masculine plural determinateH8065 heavens
Greetingsגְּמִ֖ירgə·mîrVerb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singularH1585 complete

Ezra 7:13

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Iמִנִּי֮min·nîPreposition; first person common singularH4481 from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than
herebyשִׂ֣יםśîmVerb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH7761 set, make
decreeטְעֵם֒ṭə·‘êmNoun - masculine singularH2942 taste, judgment, command
thatדִּ֣יdîPronoun - relativeH1768 who, which, that
anyכָל־ḵālNoun - masculine singular constructH3606 the whole, all
volunteersמִתְנַדַּ֣בmiṯ·nad·daḇVerb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singularH5069 volunteer, offer freely
among the Israelitesעַמָּ֨ה‘am·māhNoun - masculine singular determinateH5972 people
in my kingdomבְּמַלְכוּתִי֩bə·mal·ḵū·ṯîPreposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singularH4437 royalty, reign, kingdom
including the priestsוְכָהֲנ֣וֹהִיwə·ḵā·hă·nō·w·hîConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singularH3549 priest
and Levitesוְלֵוָיֵ֗אwə·lê·wā·yêConjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singularH3879 Levite
may go upיְהָֽךְ׃yə·hāḵVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH1946 go, bring
with youעִמָּ֖ךְ‘im·māḵPreposition; second person masculine singularH5974 with
to Jerusalemלִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֛םlî·rū·šə·lemPreposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singularH3390 Jerusalem

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.