Ezra 1:8

“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.”

Ezra 1:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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kingמֶלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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of Persiaפָּרַסparas

Persia

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brought them outיּוֹצִיאֵyotsie

bring out

To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".

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by the handיַדyad

through

Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.

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of Mithredathמִתְרְדָתmitrdat

Mithredath

Mithredath: a Persian name borne by two officials of the king of Persia; one was the treasurer of Cyrus.

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the treasurerגִּזְבָּרgizbar

treasurer

Treasurer: the one in charge of keeping and counting the king's treasures. A word of Persian origin.

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and he counted them outיִּסְפְּרֵyispre

count

To number one by one in order to know how many there are.

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to Sheshbazzarשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּרsheshbatsar

Sheshbazzar

Sheshbazzar: a leader of Judah to whom Cyrus handed over the vessels of the temple to take them to Jerusalem.

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the chiefנָּשִׂיאnasi

chief

Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.

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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.

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Persia
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Ezra 1:1Esther 1:3Daniel 10:12 Chronicles 36:22

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,

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