Study it in the app“Then 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.”
Thenבֵּאדַיִןthe workעֲבִידַתof the houseבֵּיתof Elahאֱלָהָאwhichדִּיis in Jerusalemבִּירוּשְׁלֶםceased,בְּטֵלַתand it remainedוַהֲוָתstoppedבָּטְלָאuntilעַדthe secondתַּרְתֵּיןyearשְׁנַתof the reignלְמַלְכוּתof Dariusדָּרְיָוֶשׁkingמֶלֶךְof Persia.פָּרָס
then
Then (Aramaic): marks what happens next or at that moment. It corresponds to the Hebrew "az".
Where else “dayin” appearswork, service
Work; also the administration of an affair (Aramaic).
Where else “avidat” appearstemple
God's temple in Jerusalem.
Where else “bet” appearsElah, God, god
Elah: the Aramaic word for God, related to the Hebrew "Eloah" and "Elohim". In the parts of the Bible written in Aramaic (Ezra and Daniel) it is the God of Israel, the same one who in Hebrew is called Elohim; the text only changes language. The same word, also in the plural, is used for the gods of other peoples ("god", "gods"), and the passage itself shows who is meant.
Where else “elaha” appearsJerusalem
Jerusalem (the Aramaic form of the name).
Where else “yrushlem” 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 “betelat” appearsbe, become
To be, to become, to happen (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "haya".
Where else “havat” appearstwo
Two (Aramaic).
Where else “tarten” appearsyear
Year (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shana".
Where else “shenat” appearsreign
The power and dignity of being king: his reign and his government (Aramaic).
Where else “malchut” appearsDarius
Darius (the Aramaic form of the name): the name of kings of Persia and Media; in Ezra, the king of Persia in whose reign the house of God in Jerusalem was resumed and finished.
Where else “daryavesh” appearsking
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “melech” appearsPersia
Persia (Aramaic).
Where else “paras” appears“Elah” is the Aramaic word for God, related to the Hebrew “Elohim.” Here it is the same God of Israel: the text only changes language.
23Then, 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.
24 · This verse (above)
