Study it in the app“Then Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their companions: the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, the Dehaites, the Elamites,”
ThenאֱדַיִןRehumרְחוּםthe commanderבְּעֵל טְעֵםand Shimshaiוְשִׁמְשַׁיthe scribeסָפְרָאand the restוּשְׁאָרof their companions:כְּנָוָתְהוֹןthe Dinaites,דִּינָיֵאthe Apharsathchites,אֲפַרְסַתְכָיֵאthe Tarpelites,טַרְפְּלָיֵאthe Apharsites,אֲפָרְסָיֵאthe men of Erech,אַרְכְּוָיֵאthe Babylonians,בָבְלָיֵאthe men of Susa,שׁוּשַׁנְכָיֵאthe Dehaites,דֶּהָיֵאthe Elamites,עֵלְמָיֵא
then
Then (Aramaic): marks what happens next or at that moment. It corresponds to the Hebrew "az".
Where else “edayin” 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” appearsowner, master
Owner, lord (Aramaic); the same word as the Hebrew "baal". "Master of the order" is the title of a high official: the commander.
Where else “beel” appearscommander
The one who holds a high office and gives orders to others.
Where else “teem” 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” appearsrest, remainder
The rest, what remains (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shear".
Where else “shear” appearscompanion, colleague
Companion, colleague (Aramaic): one who holds the same office.
Where else “kenavat” appearsDinaites
Dinaites: the name of a group in the list of Ezra 4:9. It is not known for certain whether it is a people or an office ("judges").
Where else “dinaye” appearsApharsachites, Apharsathchites
Apharsathchites or Apharsachites: the name of a group that appears in the letters of Ezra. It is not known for certain whether it is a people or a class of officials.
Where else “afarsatchaye” appearsTarpelites
Tarpelites: the name of a group in the list of Ezra 4:9. It is not known for certain whether it is a people or a class of officials.
Where else “tarplaye” appearsApharsites
Apharsites: the name of a group in the list of Ezra 4:9. It is not known for certain who they were; some understand "Persians".
Where else “afarsaye” appearsmen of Erech
Of Erech: an inhabitant of Erech (Uruk), an ancient city of Babylonia (Genesis 10:10).
Where else “arkvaye” appearsBabylonian
Babylonian: an inhabitant of Babylon.
Where else “vavlaye” appearsmen of Susa
Of Susa: an inhabitant of Susa, capital of Elam and later one of the capitals of Persia.
Where else “shushanchaye” appearsDehaites
Dehaites: the name of a group in the list of Ezra 4:9, as it is read; the written text can be understood as "that is".
Where else “dehaye” appearsElamite
Elamite: an inhabitant of Elam, a region east of Babylon.
Where else “elmaye” appearsSeveral words in this list are of uncertain sense: they may be names of peoples or titles of officials (“the judges,” “the officials”). “The Dehaites” is what is read; what is written can be understood as “that is.”
8Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:
9 · This verse (above)
10and the rest of the nations whom Osnappar, the great and noble, carried into exile and settled them in the city of Samaria, and the rest of the other side of the river. And now:
