ThenבֵּאדַיִןDariusדָּרְיָוֶשׁthe kingמַלְכָּאgaveשָׂםan order,טְעֵםand they investigatedוּבַקַּרוּin the houseבְּבֵיתof the booksסִפְרַיָּאwhereדִּיthe treasuresגִנְזַיָּאwere depositedמְהַחֲתִיןthereתַּמָּהin Babylon.בְּבָבֶל
Ezra 6:1
Study it in the app“Then Darius the king gave an order, and they investigated in the house of the books where the treasures were deposited there in Babylon.”
With the Aramaic beneath
Ezra 6:1, word by word
- Thenאדַיִןdayin
then
Then (Aramaic): marks what happens next or at that moment. It corresponds to the Hebrew "az".
Where else “dayin” appears- Dariusדָּרְיָוֶשׁdaryavesh
Darius
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” appears- the kingמַלְכָּmalka
king
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” 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- and they investigatedבַקַּרוּvakaru
search, inquire
To search, to inquire carefully (Aramaic), for example in the archives of the kingdom.
Where else “vakaru” appears- in the houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in or keep things, like the king's house of records.
Where else “vet” appears- of the booksסִפְרַיָּsifraya
book, scroll
Book, written scroll (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "sefer".
Where else “sifraya” appears- the treasuresגִנְזַיָּginzaya
treasure
Treasure (Aramaic). "The house of the treasures" was the place where the goods and documents of the king were kept.
Where else “ginzaya” appears- were depositedמְהַחֲתִיןmehachatin
deposit
Leave something stored in a place.
Where else “mehachatin” appears- thereתַּמָּהtama
there
There (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "sham".
Where else “tama” appears- in Babylonבָבֶלvavel
Babylon
Babylon (the Aramaic form of the name): the city and its kingdom, by the Euphrates River.
Where else “vavel” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And there was found in Ecbatana, in the fortress that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and thus was written in it: “Memorial: