Study it in the app“In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of YHWH by the mouth of Jeremiah, YHWH stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,”
In the firstוּבִ אַחַתyearשְׁנַתof Cyrusלְכוֹרֶשׁkingמֶלֶךְof Persia,פָּרַסto fulfillלִכְלוֹתthe wordדְּבַרof YHWHיְהוָהby the mouthבְּפִיof Jeremiah,יִרְמְיָהוּYHWHיְהוָהstirred upהֵעִירthe spiritאֶת רוּחַof Cyrusכּוֹרֶשׁkingמֶלֶךְof Persia,פָּרַסand he sent a proclamationוַיַּעֲבֶר קוֹלthroughout allבְּכָלhis kingdom,מַלְכוּתוֹand alsoוְגַםin writing,בְּמִכְתָּבsaying,לֵאמֹר
first
Literally "one": day one of the month.
Where else “achat” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appearsCyrus
Cyrus: king of Persia who conquered Babylon and allowed the exiles of Judah to return to their land and rebuild the house of God.
Where else “choresh” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsPersia
See it on the mapWhere else “paras” appearsfinish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “chelot” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsmouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appearsJeremiah
Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.
Where else “yirmyahu” appearsstir up
To move someone to act, as YHWH a king.
Where else “heir” appearsspirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appearsbring across
To bring across, or take away.
Where else “yaaver” appearsproclamation
A notice given aloud so that everyone hears it.
Where else “kol” appearskingdom
A kingdom: the people and territory a king rules, or the one YHWH rules.
Where else “malchut” appearswriting
Writing, what is written.
Where else “michtav” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The decree of Cyrus
2 Chronicles 36:22-23
22In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of YHWH by the mouth of Jeremiah, YHWH stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying, 23“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: ‘All the kingdoms of the earth YHWH, the Elohim of the heavens, has given me, and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever among you is of all his people, may YHWH his Elohim be with him, and let him go up.’”
1And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of YHWH from the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, YHWH stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation pass throughout all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying: 2“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: ‘All the kingdoms of the earth YHWH, the Elohim of the heavens, has given to me, and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3Whoever among you is of all his people, may his Elohim be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of YHWH, the Elohim of Israel; he is the Elohim who is in Jerusalem.
Persia
Today: Iran
An empire stretching from what is now Iran to Egypt; its center was in present-day Iran.
Cyrus, king of Persia, let the Jews return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple (Ezra 1:1-3).
21to fulfill the word of YHWH by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths; all the days of its desolation it ceased, to fulfill seventy years.
22 · This verse (above)
23“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: ‘All the kingdoms of the earth YHWH, the Elohim of the heavens, has given me, and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever among you is of all his people, may YHWH his Elohim be with him, and let him go up.’”
