Study it in the app“Let it be known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great Elah; and it is being built with great stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and that work is being done with diligence and prospers in their hands.”
Let it be knownיְדִיעַ לֶהֱוֵאto the kingלְמַלְכָּאthatדִּיwe wentאֲזַלְנָאto the provinceלִ מְדִינְתָּאof Judah,יהוּדto the houseלְבֵיתof the greatרַבָּאElah;אֱלָהָאand itוְהוּאis being builtמִתְבְּנֵאwith great stones,אֶבֶן גְּלָלand timberוְאָעis being laidמִתְּשָׂםin the walls;בְּכֻתְלַיָּאandוַthatדָךְworkעֲבִידְתָּאis being doneמִתְעַבְדָאwith diligenceאָסְפַּרְנָאand prospersוּמַצְלַחin their hands.בְּיֶדְהֹם
know
To know something, to find out about it (in Aramaic).
Where else “yedia” appearsbe, become
To be, to become, to happen (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "haya".
Where else “leheve” appearsking
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appearsgo, depart
To go, to go away (Aramaic).
Where else “azalna” appearsprovince
Province (Aramaic): a region of the empire with its own government. The same word as the Hebrew "medina".
Where else “medinta” appearsJudah
Judah (the Aramaic form of the name): the tribe and the land of Judah; in Ezra, the Persian province of Judah, with Jerusalem.
Where else “yhud” appearstemple
God's temple in Jerusalem.
Where else “vet” appearsgreat
Of great size, power or importance (Aramaic).
Where else “raba” 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 “elaha” appearsbuild
To build (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "bana".
Where else “mitbne” appearsstone
Stone (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "even".
Where else “even” appearsrolling (stone)
Rolling (Aramaic). A "stone of rolling" is a very large block, moved by rolling it.
Where else “gelal” appearswood, beam
Wood, tree; beam (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "ets".
Where else “a” appearsput
To put or set something in a place; also, to give a name.
Where else “mitsam” appearswall
Wall (Aramaic).
Where else “chutlaya” appearsthat, this
That, this (Aramaic).
Where else “dach” appearswork, service
Work; also the administration of an affair (Aramaic).
Where else “avidta” appearsdo, make
To do, to make (Aramaic). Its Hebrew relative "avad" means "to serve, to work".
Where else “mitavda” appearsdiligently
With diligence, carefully and without delay (Aramaic, a word of Persian origin).
Where else “asparna” appearsprosper
To prosper, to go well (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "tsalach".
Where else “matslach” 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 “yed” appears“Great stones”: the Aramaic says “stone of rolling,” blocks so large that they had to be moved by rolling.
7They sent a message to him, and thus was written in it: “To Darius the king: all peace.
8 · This verse (above)
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?’
