Study it in the app“Whoever 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.”
Whoeverמִיamong youבָכֶםis of allמִכָּלhis people,עַמּוֹmay his Elohimאֱלֹהָיוbeיְהִיwith him,עִמּוֹand let him go upוְיַעַלto Jerusalem,לִירוּשָׁלִַםwhichאֲשֶׁרis in Judah,בִּיהוּדָהand buildוְיִבֶןthe houseבֵּיתof YHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלheהוּאis the Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרis in Jerusalem.בִּירוּשָׁלִָם
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohay” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yhuda” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “yiven” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” 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” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The decree of Cyrus
Ezra 1:1-3
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.
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.’”
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
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.
3 · This verse (above)
4And everyone who remains, in any of the places where he resides as an alien, let the men of his place support him with silver, with gold, with goods, and with livestock, besides the freewill offering for the house of Elohim which is in Jerusalem.’”
