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Andוְwe askedשְׁאֵלְנָאthemלְּהֹםalsoאַףtheir names,שְׁמָהָתְהֹםto inform you,לְהוֹדָעוּתָךְso thatדִּיwe might writeנִכְתֻּבthe nameשֻׁםof the menגֻּבְרַיָּאwhoדִּיare at their head.בְרָאשֵׁיהֹם
Ezra 5:10
Study it in the app“And we asked them also their names, to inform you, so that we might write the name of the men who are at their head.”
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Ezra 5:10, word by word
- we askedשְׁאֵלְנָאsheelna
ask
To ask, to request (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shaal".
Where else “sheelna” appears- alsoאַףaf
also
Also (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "af".
Where else “af” appears- their namesשְׁמָהָתְshemahat
name
Name (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shem".
Where else “shemahat” appears- to inform youהוֹדָעוּתָhodauta
make known
To make someone know something, to tell or reveal it to him (in Aramaic).
Where else “hodauta” appears- we might writeנִכְתֻּבnichtuv
write
To write (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "katav".
Where else “nichtuv” appears- of the menגֻּבְרַיָּguvraya
man
Man, male (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "gever".
Where else “guvraya” appears- are at their headרָאשֵׁיrashe
sum
The main point of something, put in few words.
Where else “rashe” appears
The context
9Then we asked those elders and thus we said to them: ‘Who gave you an order to build this house and to finish this structure?’
10 · This verse (above)
11And thus they returned an answer to us, saying: ‘We are the servants of the Elah of the heavens and the earth, and we are building the house that was built many years before this; and a great king of Israel built it and finished it.