And Haggaiוְ חַגַּיthe prophetנְבִיָּאand Zechariahוּזְכַרְיָהthe sonבַרof Iddo,עִדּוֹאthe prophets,נְבִיַּיָּאprophesiedהִתְנַבִּיtoעַלthe Jewsיְהוּדָיֵאwhoדִּיwere in Judahבִיהוּדand in Jerusalem,וּבִירוּשְׁלֶםin the nameבְּשֻׁםof the Elahאֱלָהּof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלwho was over them.עֲלֵיהוֹן
Ezra 5:1
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Aramaic beneath
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".
Where else “neviya” appears- 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.
Where else “var” appears- 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.
Where else “ido” appears- prophesiedהִתְנַבִּיhitnabi
prophesy
To prophesy (Aramaic): to speak on God's behalf. Related to the Hebrew "nava".
Where else “hitnabi” appears- 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.
Where else “yhud” appears- and in Jerusalemירוּשְׁלֶםyrushlem
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (the Aramaic form of the name).
Where else “yrushlem” appears- in the nameשֻׁםshum
name
Name (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shem".
Where else “shum” appears- 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.
Where else “elah” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel (the Aramaic form of the name).
Where else “yisrael” appears
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.