Study it in the app“Now, O king, establish the prohibition and sign the writing, so that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked.””
Now,כְּעַןO king,מַלְכָּאestablishתְּקִיםthe prohibitionאֱסָרָאand signוְתִרְשֻׁםthe writing,כְּתָבָאso thatדִּיit may notלָאbe changed,לְהַשְׁנָיָהaccording to the lawכְּדָתof the Medesמָדַיand Persians,וּפָרַסwhichדִּיcannotלָאbe revoked.”תֶעְדֵּא
now
Now (Aramaic).
Where else “kean” appearsking
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appearsset up
To place someone in office, or to set something up (Aramaic).
Where else “tekim” appearsprohibition, decree
Prohibition, binding decree (Aramaic): an order of the king that forbids something.
Where else “esara” appearsinscribe, sign
To write down, to sign a document (Aramaic).
Where else “tirshum” appearswriting
What is written: a document or an inscription.
Where else “ketava” appearschange, alter
To change, to alter (Aramaic).
Where else “hashnaya” appearslaw, decree
Law (Aramaic; a word of Persian origin): both the law of God and the law of the king.
Where else “dat” appearsMedia
Media (the Aramaic form): a region east of Assyria, joined to Persia in a single empire.
Where else “maday” appearsPersia
Persia (Aramaic).
Where else “faras” appearspass away
To go, come to an end; lose force.
Where else “tede” appears7All the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the advisers and the governors, have agreed to establish a royal statute and to enforce a prohibition, that whoever makes a request of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of the lions.
8 · This verse (above)
9Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the prohibition.
