Study it in the app“Then, as soon as the copy of the letter of Artaxerxes the king was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem, to the Jews, and made them cease by force and with troops.”
Then,אֱדַיִןas soon asמִן דִּיthe copyפַּרְשֶׁגֶןof the letterנִשְׁתְּוָנָאofדִּיArtaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּthe kingמַלְכָּאwas readקֱרִיbeforeקֳדָםRehumרְחוּםand Shimshaiוְשִׁמְשַׁיthe scribeסָפְרָאand their companions,וּכְנָוָתְהוֹןthey wentאֲזַלוּin hasteבִבְהִילוּto Jerusalem,לִירוּשְׁלֶםtoעַלthe Jews,יְהוּדָיֵאand made them ceaseוּבַטִּלוּ הִמּוֹby forceבְּאֶדְרָעand with troops.וְחָיִל
then
Then (Aramaic): marks what happens next or at that moment. It corresponds to the Hebrew "az".
Where else “edayin” appearscopy
Copy of a writing (Aramaic, a word of Persian origin).
Where else “parshegen” appearsletter
Letter, official writing (Aramaic, a word of Persian origin).
Where else “nishtvana” appearsArtaxerxes
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” appearsking
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appearsread aloud
To speak a written text aloud.
Where else “keri” appearsbefore
Before, in front of (Aramaic).
Where else “kodam” appearsRehum
Rehum: the name of several people: one of those who returned with Zerubbabel, a Levite and a leader of Nehemiah's time, and a Persian official who wrote against Jerusalem.
Where else “rechum” appearsShimshai
Shimshai: the name of the scribe who signed with Rehum the letter against Jerusalem.
Where else “shimshay” appearsscribe
Scribe (Aramaic): one who writes and keeps the documents; secretary.
Where else “safra” appearscompanion, colleague
Companion, colleague (Aramaic): one who holds the same office.
Where else “chenavat” appearsgo, depart
To go, to go away (Aramaic).
Where else “azalu” appearshaste
Haste (Aramaic): "in haste", at full speed.
Where else “vehilu” appearsJerusalem
Jerusalem (the Aramaic form of the name).
Where else “yrushlem” appearsJew
Jew (Aramaic): a person of Judah.
Where else “yehudaye” appearscease, stop
To cease, to stop; in its causative form, to make stop (Aramaic). It is the verb with which Ezra tells that the work on the house of God was stopped.
Where else “vatilu” appearsthey, them
They, them (Aramaic).
Where else “himo” appearsarm, force
Arm (Aramaic). As an image, strength: "with arm" is "by force". Related to the Hebrew "zeroa".
Where else “edra” appearsarmy
Armed soldiers; the strong men of an army.
Where else “chayil” appears“By force”: the Aramaic says “with arm.”
22And be careful of negligence in acting on this. Why should the damage grow to the harm of kings?”
23 · This verse (above)
24Then the work of the house of Elah which is in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
