Study it in the app“The copy of the letter that Tattenai, governor of the other side of the river, and Shethar-bozenai and his companions, the Apharsachites who were in the other side of the river, sent to Darius the king.”
The copyפַּרְשֶׁגֶןof the letterאִגַּרְתָּאthatדִּיTattenai,תַּתְּנַיgovernorפַּחַתof the other sideעֲבַרof the river,נַהֲרָהand Shethar-bozenaiוּשְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַיand his companions,וּכְנָוָתֵהּthe Apharsachitesאֲפַרְסְכָיֵאwhoדִּיwere in the other sideבַּעֲבַרof the river,נַהֲרָהsentשְׁלַחtoעַלDariusדָּרְיָוֶשׁthe king.מַלְכָּא
copy
Copy of a writing (Aramaic, a word of Persian origin).
Where else “parshegen” appearsletter
Letter (Aramaic): an official writing carried by a messenger of the kingdom.
Where else “igarta” appearsTattenai
Tattenai: Persian governor of the province "Beyond the River", in the time of Darius.
Where else “tatnay” appearsgovernor
Governor (Aramaic): one who rules a province in the king's name. The same word as the Hebrew "pecha".
Where else “pachat” appearsother side, beyond
The other side (Aramaic). "Beyond the River" is the Persian province west of the Euphrates.
Where else “avar” appearsriver
River (Aramaic); above all the Euphrates. "Beyond the River" is the name of the Persian province west of the Euphrates.
Where else “nahara” appearsShethar-bozenai
Shethar-bozenai: a Persian official who, with the governor Tattenai, asked the Jews who had given them an order to build.
Where else “shetar” appearscompanion, colleague
Companion, colleague (Aramaic): one who holds the same office.
Where else “chenavate” appearsApharsachites, Apharsathchites
Apharsathchites or Apharsachites: the name of a group that appears in the letters of Ezra. It is not known for certain whether it is a people or a class of officials.
Where else “afarschaye” appearssend
To send (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shalach".
Where else “shelach” appearsDarius
Darius (the Aramaic form of the name): the name of kings of Persia and Media; in Ezra, the king of Persia in whose reign the house of God in Jerusalem was resumed and finished.
Where else “daryavesh” appearsking
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appears“The Apharsachites”: a word of uncertain sense; it may be the name of a people or a title of officials.
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.
6 · This verse (above)
7They sent a message to him, and thus was written in it: “To Darius the king: all peace.
