Study it in the app“But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel said to them, “It is not for you and for us to build a house for our Elohim; but we alone will build for YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, as King Cyrus king of Persia commanded us.””
ButוַZerubbabelזְרֻבָּבֶלand Jeshuaוְיֵשׁוּעַand the restוּשְׁאָרof the headsרָאשֵׁיof the fathers’ housesהָאָבוֹתof Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵלsaidיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“It is notלֹאfor youלָכֶםand for usוָלָנוּto buildלִבְנוֹתa houseבַּיִתfor our Elohim;לֵאלֹהֵינוּbutכִּיweאֲנַחְנוּaloneיַחַדwill buildנִבְנֶהfor YHWH,לַיהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלasכַּאֲשֶׁרKingהַמֶּלֶךְCyrusכּוֹרֶשׁkingמֶלֶךְof Persiaפָּרָסcommanded us.”צִוָּנוּ
Zerubbabel
Zerubbabel: a descendant of David who led the return of the exiles from Babylon and the rebuilding of the house of YHWH (Ezra 3; Haggai 1-2).
Where else “zerubavel” appearsJeshua
Jeshua: name of several Israelites; above all the high priest who returned with Zerubbabel, also a priest head of the ninth division, Levites and others; also a town of Judah. It is a late form of the name Joshua and means "YHWH saves"; from it comes the name "Jesus."
Where else “yeshua” appearsrest, remainder
Rest: what is left of something.
Where else “shear” appearschief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appearshead of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avot” appearsIsrael
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “venot” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bayit” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” appearstogether
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachad” appearsYHWH
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” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsCyrus
Cyrus: king of Persia who conquered Babylon and allowed the exiles of Judah to return to their land and rebuild the house of God.
Where else “koresh” appearsPersia
See it on the mapWhere else “paras” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears“Alone”: the Hebrew says “we together,” that is, we as one group, without others.
Persia
Today: Iran
An empire stretching from what is now Iran to Egypt; its center was in present-day Iran.
Cyrus, king of Persia, let the Jews return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple (Ezra 1:1-3).
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.”
3 · This verse (above)
4Then the people of the land were weakening the hands of the people of Judah and terrifying them from building,
