Study it in the app“But because our fathers angered the Elah of the heavens, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean; and this house he destroyed, and the people he carried into exile to Babylon.”
Butלָהֵןbecauseמִן דִּיour fathersאֲבָהֳתַנָאangeredהַרְגִּזוּthe Elahלֶאֱלָהּof the heavens,שְׁמַיָּאhe gaveיְהַבthemהִמּוֹinto the handבְּיַדof Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלthe Chaldean;כַּסְדָּאָהand thisוּ דְנָהhouseבַיְתָהhe destroyed,סַתְרֵהּand the peopleוְעַמָּהhe carried into exileהַגְלִיto Babylon.לְבָבֶל
but; therefore; except
But; also "therefore" or "except" (Aramaic).
Where else “lahen” appearsfather
Father (Aramaic). It is the same word as the Hebrew "av". In the plural, "fathers", also the ancestors.
Where else “avahota” appearsprovoke, anger
To irritate, to provoke someone's anger (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "ragaz".
Where else “hargizu” appearsElah, 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” appearsheavens
Heavens (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shamayim". "The Elah of the heavens" is the God of Israel.
Where else “shemaya” appearsgive
To give (Aramaic).
Where else “yehav” appearsthey, them
They, them (Aramaic).
Where else “himo” appearshand
Hand (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "yad". "To give into the hand of" is to hand over to someone's power.
Where else “yad” appearsNebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar (the Aramaic form of the name): king of Babylon who took Jerusalem, destroyed the temple and carried the people of Judah into exile.
Where else “nevuchadnetsar” appearsking
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “melech” appearsBabylon
Babylon (the Aramaic form of the name): the city and its kingdom, by the Euphrates River.
Where else “bavel” appearsChaldean
Chaldean (Aramaic): of the people who ruled Babylon in the time of Nebuchadnezzar; in Daniel, also a class of wise men.
Where else “kasdaa” appearstemple
God's temple in Jerusalem.
Where else “vayta” appearsdemolish
To pull down a building.
Where else “satre” appearspeople
People (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "am".
Where else “ama” appearscarry into exile
Carry a people into exile.
Where else “hagli” appears11And 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.
12 · This verse (above)
13However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order to build this house of Elah.
