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and hiringוְסֹכְרִיםcounselorsיוֹעֲצִיםagainst themעֲלֵיהֶםto frustrateלְהָפֵרtheir counselעֲצָתָםallכָּלthe daysיְמֵיof Cyrusכּוֹרֶשׁkingמֶלֶךְof Persia,פָּרַסand untilוְעַדthe reignמַלְכוּתof Dariusדָּרְיָוֶשׁkingמֶלֶךְof Persia.פָּרָס
Ezra 4:5
Study it in the app“and hiring counselors against them to frustrate their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, and until the reign of Darius king of Persia.”
With the Hebrew and Aramaic beneath
Ezra 4:5, word by word
- and hiringסֹכְרִיםsochrim
hire
Hire: pay someone for work or for the use of something.
Where else “sochrim” appears- counselorsיוֹעֲצִיםyoatsim
counselor
A trusted person who gives the king or a leader his opinion.
Where else “yoatsim” appears- to frustrateהָפֵרhafer
annul
To void a covenant or vow; spoil a plan.
Where else “hafer” appears- their counselעֲצָתָatsata
plan
What someone decides to do, above all YHWH, which stands.
Where else “atsata” appears- the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- of Cyrusכּוֹרֶשׁkoresh
Cyrus
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” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Persiaפָּרַסparas
Persia
See it on the mapWhere else “paras” appears- the reignמַלְכוּתmalchut
reign
A reign, or what belongs to a king: his rule and dignity.
Where else “malchut” appears- of Dariusדָּרְיָוֶשׁdaryavesh
Darius
Darius: the name of several kings of Persia and of Darius the Mede. In Ezra, the king in whose reign the house of God was finished.
Where else “daryavesh” appears
Places in this verse
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).
The context
4Then the people of the land were weakening the hands of the people of Judah and terrifying them from building,
5 · This verse (above)
6And in the reign of Ahasuerus, at the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.