Study it in the app“And they gave money to the stonecutters and to the craftsmen, and food and drink and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the permission of Cyrus king of Persia for them.”
And they gaveוַיִּתְּנוּmoneyכֶסֶףto the stonecuttersלַחֹצְבִיםand to the craftsmen,וְלֶחָרָשִׁיםand foodוּמַאֲכָלand drinkוּמִשְׁתֶּהand oilוָשֶׁמֶןto the Sidoniansלַצִּדֹנִיםand to the Tyrians,וְלַצֹּרִיםto bringלְהָבִיאcedarאֲרָזִיםwoodעֲצֵיfromמִןLebanonהַלְּבָנוֹןtoאֶלthe seaיָםof Joppa,יָפוֹאaccording to the permissionכְּרִשְׁיוֹןof Cyrusכּוֹרֶשׁkingמֶלֶךְof Persiaפָּרַסfor them.עֲלֵיהֶם
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appearsmoney
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “chesef” appearshew
To shape rock, or carve wells or tombs in it.
Where else “chotsvim” appearscraftsman
Craftsman: one who works stone, wood or metal.
Where else “charashim” appearsfood
Food.
Where else “maachal” appearsdrink
The wine or drink that is assigned to someone.
Where else “mishte” appearsoil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shemen” appearsSidonian
Sidonian: an inhabitant of Sidon, a city on the coast north of Israel.
Where else “tsidonim” appearsTyrian
Tyrian: a native of Tyre, a Phoenician city on the coast north of Israel.
Where else “tsorim” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havi” appearscedar
Cedar: a large tree with fragrant, lasting wood.
Where else “arazim” appearswood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “atse” appearsLebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appearssea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appearsJoppa
See it on the mapWhere else “yafo” appearspermission
Permission, authorization. The word appears only once in the Bible (Ezra 3:7): it is the authorization that Cyrus, king of Persia, gave to bring cedar wood from Lebanon.
Where else “rishyon” 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 “koresh” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsPersia
See it on the mapWhere else “paras” appears1Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
2Joppa
Today: Jaffa (Yafo), part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
A port on the Mediterranean coast, about 35 miles (55 km) northwest of Jerusalem.
Jonah went down to Joppa to flee by sea (Jonah 1:3). There Peter raised Tabitha and was told to go to Cornelius' house (Acts 9:36-40; 10:5).
3Persia
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).
6From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to YHWH, but the temple of YHWH had not been founded.
7 · This verse (above)
8And in the second year of their coming to the house of Elohim at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers, the priests and the Levites, and all who had come from the captivity to Jerusalem, began; and they appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to direct the work of the house of YHWH.
