Study it in the app“And may the Elah who has made his name dwell there overthrow every king and people who puts forth his hand to change it, to damage that house of Elah which is in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given an order; let it be done with diligence.””
And may the Elahוֵאלָהָאwhoדִּיhas made his name dwellשַׁכִּן שְׁמֵהּthereתַּמָּהoverthrowיְמַגַּרeveryכָּלkingמֶלֶךְand peopleוְעַםwhoדִּיputs forthיִשְׁלַחhis handיְדֵהּto change it,לְהַשְׁנָיָהto damageלְחַבָּלָהthatדֵךְhouseבֵּיתof Elahאֱלָהָאwhichדִּיis in Jerusalem.בִירוּשְׁלֶםI,אֲנָהDarius,דָרְיָוֶשׁhave givenשָׂמֶתan order;טְעֵםlet it be doneיִתְעֲבִדwith diligence.”אָסְפַּרְנָא
Elah, 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 “laha” appearsmake dwell
To set his presence in a place, making it his own.
Where else “shakin” appearsname
Name (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shem".
Where else “sheme” appearsthere
There (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "sham".
Where else “tama” appearsoverthrow
To overthrow (Aramaic).
Where else “yemagar” appearsking
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “melech” appearspeople
People (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "am".
Where else “am” appearssend
To send (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shalach".
Where else “yishlach” 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 “yede” appearschange, alter
To change, to alter (Aramaic).
Where else “hashnaya” appearsdamage, destroy
To damage, to destroy (Aramaic).
Where else “chabala” appearsthat, this
That, this (Aramaic).
Where else “dech” appearstemple
God's temple in Jerusalem.
Where else “bet” appearsJerusalem
Jerusalem (the Aramaic form of the name).
Where else “yrushlem” appearsI
I (Aramaic).
Where else “ana” 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” appearsgive an order
To give an order or a decree.
Where else “samet” appearsorder
What the king or God commands, as an order or decree.
Where else “teem” appearsdo, make
To do, to make (Aramaic). Its Hebrew relative "avad" means "to serve, to work".
Where else “yitavid” appearsdiligently
With diligence, carefully and without delay (Aramaic, a word of Persian origin).
Where else “asparna” appears11And by me an order is given that for any man who changes this decree, a beam shall be pulled out of his house, and, lifted up, he shall be nailed to it; and his house shall be made a heap of rubble for this.
12 · This verse (above)
13Then Tattenai, governor of the other side of the river, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, according to what Darius the king had sent, thus they did with diligence.
