Cyrusכּוֹרֶשׁkingמֶלֶךְof Persiaפָּרַסbrought them outוַיּוֹצִיאֵםby the handעַל יַדof Mithredathמִתְרְדָתthe treasurer,הַגִּזְבָּרand he counted them outוַיִּסְפְּרֵםto Sheshbazzarלְשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּרthe chiefהַנָּשִׂיאof Judah.לִיהוּדָה
Ezra 1:8
Study it in the app“Cyrus king of Persia brought them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to Sheshbazzar the chief of Judah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 1:8, word by word
- Cyrusכּוֹרֶשׁkoresh
Cyrus
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 “koresh” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Persiaפָּרַסparas
Persia
See it on the mapWhere else “paras” appears- brought them outיּוֹצִיאֵyotsie
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “yotsie” appears- by the handיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- of Mithredathמִתְרְדָתmitrdat
Mithredath
Mithredath: a Persian name borne by two officials of the king of Persia; one was the treasurer of Cyrus.
Where else “mitrdat” appears- the treasurerגִּזְבָּרgizbar
treasurer
Treasurer: the one in charge of keeping and counting the king's treasures. A word of Persian origin.
Where else “gizbar” appears- and he counted them outיִּסְפְּרֵyispre
count
To number one by one in order to know how many there are.
Where else “yispre” appears- to Sheshbazzarשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּרsheshbatsar
Sheshbazzar
Sheshbazzar: a leader of Judah to whom Cyrus handed over the vessels of the temple to take them to Jerusalem.
Where else “sheshbatsar” appears- the chiefנָּשִׂיאnasi
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nasi” appears- of Judahיהוּדָהyhuda
Judah
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” appears
Places in this verse
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).
The context
7And King Cyrus brought out the utensils of the house of YHWH that Nebuchadnezzar had brought out from Jerusalem and had put them in the house of his god.
8 · This verse (above)
9And this is their number: thirty basins of gold, a thousand basins of silver, twenty-nine knives,