Ezra 5:1

“And Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, the prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and in Jerusalem, in the name of the Elah of Israel, who was over them.”

Ezra 5:1 · direct translation from the Aramaic
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Ezra 5:1, word by word

And Haggaiחַגַּיchagay

Haggai

Haggai: a prophet who, together with Zechariah, encouraged the Jews to build the house of God again. His name means "festive". His messages are in the book of Haggai.

Where else “chagay” appears
the prophetנְבִיָּneviya

prophet

Prophet (Aramaic): one who speaks on God's behalf. The same word as the Hebrew "navi".

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and Zechariahזְכַרְיָהzecharya

Zechariah

Zechariah: a name meaning "YHWH has remembered," one of the most frequent in the Bible. Borne, among others, by the king of Israel son of Jeroboam (2 Kings 14:29; 15:8), the son of the priest Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20) and the prophet of the book that bears his name.

Where else “zecharya” appears
the sonבַרvar

son

Someone's son; also one of a certain kind, like a son of the gods.

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of Iddoעִדּוֹאido

Iddo

Iddo: the name of several men in the Bible: the father of Ahinadab, Solomon's officer (1 Kings 4:14); a seer who wrote about the kings (2 Chronicles 12:15); the grandfather of the prophet Zechariah (Zechariah 1:1), and others.

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prophesiedהִתְנַבִּיhitnabi

prophesy

To prophesy (Aramaic): to speak on God's behalf. Related to the Hebrew "nava".

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the Jewsיְהוּדָיֵyehudaye

Jew

Jew (Aramaic): a person of Judah.

Where else “yehudaye” appears
were in Judahיהוּדyhud

Judah

Judah (the Aramaic form of the name): the tribe and the land of Judah; in Ezra, the Persian province of Judah, with Jerusalem.

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and in Jerusalemירוּשְׁלֶםyrushlem

Jerusalem

Jerusalem (the Aramaic form of the name).

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in the nameשֻׁםshum

name

Name (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shem".

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of the Elahאֱלָהּelah

Elah, 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.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel (the Aramaic form of the name).

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The context

1 · This verse (above)

2Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of Elah which is in Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of Elah, supporting them.

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