Study it in the app“Now let it be known to the king that if that city is built and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, tax, or toll, and it will cause harm to the treasury of kings.”
Nowכְּעַןlet it be knownיְדִיעַ לֶהֱוֵאto the kingלְמַלְכָּאthatדִּיifהֵןthatדָךְcityקִרְיְתָאis builtתִּתְבְּנֵאand the wallsוְשׁוּרַיָּהare finished,יִשְׁתַּכְלְלוּןthey will notלָאpayיִנְתְּנוּןtribute,מִנְדָּהtax,בְלוֹor toll,וַהֲלָךְand it will cause harmוְ תְּהַנְזִקto the treasuryאַפְּתֹםof kings.מַלְכִים
now
Now (Aramaic).
Where else “kean” appearsknow
To know something, to find out about it (in Aramaic).
Where else “yedia” appearsbe, become
To be, to become, to happen (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "haya".
Where else “leheve” appearsking
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appearsif
Introduces a condition or a doubt: in case (Aramaic).
Where else “hen” appearsthat, this
That, this (Aramaic).
Where else “dach” appearscity
City (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "qirya".
Where else “kiryta” appearsbuild
To build (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "bana".
Where else “titbne” appearswall
Wall (Aramaic).
Where else “shuraya” appearsfinish, complete
To finish, to complete (Aramaic).
Where else “yishtachllun” appearsgive
To give (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "natan".
Where else “yintnun” appearstribute
Tribute (Aramaic): payment that a people gave to the king who ruled it.
Where else “minda” appearstax
Tax (Aramaic): one of the three payments given to the king, together with tribute and toll.
Where else “velo” appearstoll
Toll (Aramaic): payment for passing along a road; one of the three payments given to the king.
Where else “halach” appearssuffer harm, cause harm
To suffer harm; in its causative form, to cause harm (Aramaic).
Where else “tehanzik” appearsrevenue, treasury
An Aramaic word that appears only once (Ezra 4:13) and whose sense is uncertain: it may be "treasury, revenue" or "in the end".
Where else “aptom” appears“Treasury”: a word of uncertain sense that appears only once; it can also be understood “and in the end it will cause harm to the kings.”
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.
13 · This verse (above)
14Now, because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the dishonor of the king, therefore we have sent and informed the king,
