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Thisדְּנָהis the copyפַּרְשֶׁגֶןof the letterאִגַּרְתָּאthatדִּיthey sentשְׁלַחוּto him:עֲלוֹהִי“ToעַלArtaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּאthe king:מַלְכָּאyour servants,עַבְדָיךְthe menאֱנָשׁof the other sideעֲבַרof the river.נַהֲרָהAnd now:וּכְעֶנֶת
Ezra 4:11
Study it in the app“This is the copy of the letter that they sent to him: “To Artaxerxes the king: your servants, the men of the other side of the river. And now:”
With the Hebrew and Aramaic beneath
Ezra 4:11, word by word
- is the copyפַּרְשֶׁגֶןparshegen
copy
Copy of a writing (Aramaic, a word of Persian origin).
Where else “parshegen” appears- of the letterאִגַּרְתָּigarta
letter
Letter (Aramaic): an official writing carried by a messenger of the kingdom.
Where else “igarta” appears- they sentשְׁלַחוּshelachu
send
To send (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shalach".
Where else “shelachu” appears- Artaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּאartachshast
Artaxerxes
Artaxerxes: a name borne by several kings of Persia. In Ezra and Nehemiah, the king under whom the building was stopped and, later, the one who sent Ezra and Nehemiah.
Where else “artachshast” appears- the kingמַלְכָּmalka
king
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appears- your servantsעַבְדָיavday
servant
Servant (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "eved".
Where else “avday” appears- the menאֱנָשׁenash
man, human being
Man, human being; as a group, "men", people (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "enosh".
Where else “enash” appears- of the other sideעֲבַרavar
other side, beyond
The other side (Aramaic). "Beyond the River" is the Persian province west of the Euphrates.
Where else “avar” appears- of the riverנַהֲרָnahara
river
River (Aramaic); above all the Euphrates. "Beyond the River" is the name of the Persian province west of the Euphrates.
Where else “nahara” appears- And nowכְעֶנֶתcheenet
and now
"And now" (Aramaic): the formula with which letters passed from the greeting to the matter.
Where else “cheenet” appears
The context
10and the rest of the nations whom Osnappar, the great and noble, carried into exile and settled them in the city of Samaria, and the rest of the other side of the river. And now:
11 · This verse (above)
12let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us, to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and wicked city, and they are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.