Study it in the app“And in the days of Artaxerxes Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in Aramaic and translated in Aramaic.”
And in the daysוּבִימֵיof ArtaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּאBishlam,בִּשְׁלָםMithredath,מִתְרְדָתTabeel,טָבְאֵלand the restוּשְׁאָרof his companionsכְּנָוֺתָיוwroteכָּתַבtoעַלArtaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּkingמֶלֶךְof Persia;פָּרָסand the writingוּכְתָבof the letterהַנִּשְׁתְּוָןwas writtenכָּתוּבin Aramaicאֲרָמִיתand translatedוּמְתֻרְגָּםin Aramaic.אֲרָמִית
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” 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 “artachshasta” appearsBishlam
Bishlam: the name of one of those who wrote to King Artaxerxes against the Jews.
Where else “bishlam” appearsMithredath
Mithredath: a Persian name borne by two officials of the king of Persia; one was the treasurer of Cyrus.
Where else “mitrdat” appearsTabeel
Tabeel: a name meaning "El (God) is good". In Ezra 4:7, one of those who wrote to the king of Persia; in Isaiah 7:6, the father of the man whom Rezin and Pekah wanted to make king.
Where else “tavel” appearsrest, remainder
Rest: what is left of something.
Where else “shear” appearscompanion, colleague
Companion, colleague (a word taken from Aramaic): one who holds the same office.
Where else “kenavotay” appearswrite
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “katav” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsPersia
See it on the mapWhere else “paras” appearsscript
The way each people writes: its script and letters.
Where else “chetav” appearsletter
Letter, official writing (a word of Persian origin used in Hebrew).
Where else “nishtvan” appearsin Aramaic
"In Aramaic": the language of Aram, which in the time of the kings of Assyria and Babylon served for dealings between kingdoms (2 Kings 18:26; Ezra 4:7; Daniel 2:4). Some parts of Ezra and Daniel are written in that language.
Where else “aramit” appearstranslate
To translate from one language into another. From here comes "targum", the Aramaic translation of the Scriptures.
Where else “meturgam” appearsFrom the next verse to 6:18 the book is written in Aramaic, the language of the official letters of the Persian Empire, and not in Hebrew. The second “in Aramaic” may be the notice of that change of language.
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).
6And in the reign of Ahasuerus, at the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
7 · This verse (above)
8Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:
