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Thenאֱדַיִןwe toldאֲמַרְנָאthemלְּהֹםthus:כְּנֵמָא“Whatמַןareאִנּוּןthe namesשְׁמָהָתof the menגֻּבְרַיָּאwhoדִּיare buildingבָּנַיִןthisדְנָהbuilding?”בִנְיָנָא
Ezra 5:4
Study it in the app“Then we told them thus: “What are the names of the men who are building this building?””
With the Aramaic beneath
Ezra 5:4, word by word
- Thenאֱדַיִןedayin
then
Then (Aramaic): marks what happens next or at that moment. It corresponds to the Hebrew "az".
Where else “edayin” appears- we toldאֲמַרְנָאamarna
say
To speak to someone with words, answer him or set out what one thinks (Aramaic).
Where else “amarna” appears- thusכְּנֵמָאkenema
thus, so
Thus, in this way (Aramaic).
Where else “kenema” appears- “Whatמַןman
who, what
Who, which (Aramaic).
Where else “man” appears- areאִנּוּןinun
they; are
They; it also serves as "are", "were" (Aramaic).
Where else “inun” appears- the namesשְׁמָהָתshemahat
name
Name (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shem".
Where else “shemahat” appears- of the menגֻּבְרַיָּguvraya
man
Man, male (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "gever".
Where else “guvraya” appears- are buildingבָּנַיִןbanayin
build
To build (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "bana".
Where else “banayin” appears- buildingבִנְיָנָvinyana
building
Building, construction (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "binyan".
Where else “vinyana” appears
Translation note
The Aramaic says “we told them”; it can be understood that the one telling the story speaks as one of the Jews.
The context
3At that time Tattenai, governor of the other side of the river, and Shethar-bozenai and their companions came to them, and thus they said to them: “Who gave you an order to build this house and to finish this structure?”
4 · This verse (above)
5But the eye of their Elah was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease until the report should go to Darius and then they should return a letter about this.