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And the adversariesוַ צָרֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהand Benjaminוּבִנְיָמִןheardיִּשְׁמְעוּthatכִּיthe sonsבְנֵיof the exileהַגּוֹלָהwere buildingבּוֹנִיםa templeהֵיכָלfor YHWH,לַיהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵל
Ezra 4:1
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Ezra 4:1, word by word
- And the adversariesצָרֵיtsare
adversary
Someone who oppresses and attacks another; the adversary.
Where else “tsare” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
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 “yehuda” appears- and Benjaminבִנְיָמִןvinyamin
Benjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “vinyamin” appears- heardיִּשְׁמְעוּyishmu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishmu” appears- the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of the exileגּוֹלָהgola
exile, exiles
Exile: being taken by force from one's own land to live in that of another people; also the whole body of exiles (2 Kings 24:15-16; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezra 1:11).
Where else “gola” appears- were buildingבּוֹנִיםbonim
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “bonim” appears- a templeהֵיכָלhechal
temple
Literally "palace": YHWH's great house.
Where else “hechal” appears- for YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
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 “yhva” appears- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears
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1 · This verse (above)
2and they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses and said to them, “Let us build with you, for like you we seek your Elohim, and to him we have been sacrificing since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.”