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However,בְּרַםin the firstבִּ חֲדָהyearשְׁנַתof Cyrusלְכוֹרֶשׁkingמַלְכָּאof Babylon,דִּי בָבֶלCyrusכּוֹרֶשׁthe kingמַלְכָּאgaveשָׂםan orderטְעֵםto buildלִבְּנֵאthisדְנָהhouseבֵּיתof Elah.אֱלָהָא
Ezra 5:13
Study it in the app“However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order to build this house of Elah.”
With the Aramaic beneath
Ezra 5:13, word by word
- Howeverבְּרַםberam
but, however
But, however (Aramaic).
Where else “beram” appears- in the firstחֲדָהchada
first
The first in a series, like a king's first year.
Where else “chada” appears- yearשְׁנַתshenat
year
Year (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shana".
Where else “shenat” appears- of Cyrusכוֹרֶשׁchoresh
Cyrus
Cyrus (the Aramaic form of the name): the king of Persia who conquered Babylon and gave the order to build the house of God in Jerusalem again.
Where else “choresh” appears- kingמַלְכָּmalka
king
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appears- of Babylonבָבֶלvavel
Babylon
Babylon (the Aramaic form of the name): the city and its kingdom, by the Euphrates River.
Where else “vavel” appears- gaveשָׂםsam
give an order
To give an order or a decree.
Where else “sam” appears- an orderטְעֵםteem
order
What the king or God commands, as an order or decree.
Where else “teem” appears- to buildבְּנֵאbene
build
To build (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "bana".
Where else “bene” appears- houseבֵּיתbet
temple
God's temple in Jerusalem.
Where else “bet” appears- of Elahאֱלָהָelaha
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 “elaha” appears
Translation note
Cyrus, king of Persia, is called here “king of Babylon” because he had conquered Babylon and also reigned over it.
The context
12But 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.
13 · This verse (above)
14And also the utensils of the house of Elah, of gold and of silver, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out from the temple that was in Jerusalem and brought them to the temple of Babylon, Cyrus the king brought them out from the temple of Babylon, and they were given to one named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor.