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Thenאֱדַיִןwe askedשְׁאֵלְנָאthoseאִלֵּךְeldersלְשָׂבַיָּאand thusכְּנֵמָאwe saidאֲמַרְנָאto them:לְּהֹם‘Whoמַןgaveשָׂםyouלְכֹםan orderטְעֵםto buildלְמִבְנְיָהthisדְנָהhouseבַּיְתָאand to finishוְ לְשַׁכְלָלָהthisדְנָהstructure?’אֻשַּׁרְנָא
Ezra 5:9
Study it in the app“Then we asked those elders and thus we said to them: ‘Who gave you an order to build this house and to finish this structure?’”
With the Aramaic beneath
Ezra 5:9, 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 askedשְׁאֵלְנָאsheelna
ask
To ask, to request (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shaal".
Where else “sheelna” appears- eldersשָׂבַיָּsavaya
elder
Elder; in the plural, the elders who lead the people (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "sev", "gray hair".
Where else “savaya” appears- and thusכְּנֵמָאkenema
thus, so
Thus, in this way (Aramaic).
Where else “kenema” appears- we saidאֲמַרְנָאamarna
say
To speak to someone with words, answer him or set out what one thinks (Aramaic).
Where else “amarna” appears- ‘Whoמַןman
who, what
Who, which (Aramaic).
Where else “man” 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 buildמִבְנְיָהmivnya
build
To build (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "bana".
Where else “mivnya” appears- houseבַּיְתָbayta
temple
God's temple in Jerusalem.
Where else “bayta” appears- and to finishשַׁכְלָלָהshachlala
finish, complete
To finish, to complete (Aramaic).
Where else “shachlala” appears- structure?’אֻשַּׁרְנָusharna
structure
An Aramaic word of uncertain sense that names a part of the building: the structure, the woodwork or the walls.
Where else “usharna” appears
The context
8Let 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10And we asked them also their names, to inform you, so that we might write the name of the men who are at their head.