Study it in the app“And the elders of the Jews were building and prospering through the prophecy of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo; and they built and finished by the order of the Elah of Israel and by the order of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia.”
And the eldersוְשָׂבֵיof the Jewsיְהוּדָיֵאwere buildingבָּנַיִןand prosperingוּמַצְלְחִיןthrough the prophecyבִּנְבוּאַתof Haggaiחַגַּיthe prophetנְבִיָּאand Zechariahוּזְכַרְיָהthe sonבַּרof Iddo;עִדּוֹאand they builtוּבְנוֹand finishedוְשַׁכְלִלוּby the orderמִן טַעַםof the Elahאֱלָהּof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand by the orderוּמִטְּעֵםof Cyrusכּוֹרֶשׁand Dariusוְדָרְיָוֶשׁand Artaxerxesוְאַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּאkingמֶלֶךְof Persia.פָּרָס
elder
Elder; in the plural, the elders who lead the people (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "sev", "gray hair".
Where else “save” appearsJew
Jew (Aramaic): a person of Judah.
Where else “yehudaye” appearsbuild
To build (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "bana".
Where else “banayin” appearsprosper
To prosper, to go well (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "tsalach".
Where else “matslchin” appearsprophecy
Prophecy (Aramaic): what a prophet says on God's behalf.
Where else “nevuat” appearsHaggai
Haggai: a prophet who, together with Zechariah, encouraged the Jews to build the house of God again. His name means "festive". His messages are in the book of Haggai.
Where else “chagay” appearsprophet
Prophet (Aramaic): one who speaks on God's behalf. The same word as the Hebrew "navi".
Where else “neviya” appearsZechariah
Zechariah: a name meaning "YHWH has remembered," one of the most frequent in the Bible. Borne, among others, by the king of Israel son of Jeroboam (2 Kings 14:29; 15:8), the son of the priest Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20) and the prophet of the book that bears his name.
Where else “zecharya” appearsson
Someone's son; also one of a certain kind, like a son of the gods.
Where else “bar” appearsIddo
Iddo: the name of several men in the Bible: the father of Ahinadab, Solomon's officer (1 Kings 4:14); a seer who wrote about the kings (2 Chronicles 12:15); the grandfather of the prophet Zechariah (Zechariah 1:1), and others.
Where else “ido” appearsfinish, complete
To finish, to complete (Aramaic).
Where else “shachlilu” appearsorder
What the king or God commands to be done (in Aramaic).
Where else “taam” 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 “elah” appearsIsrael
Israel (the Aramaic form of the name).
Where else “yisrael” appearsorder
What the king or God commands, as an order or decree.
Where else “teem” appearsCyrus
Cyrus (the Aramaic form of the name): the king of Persia who conquered Babylon and gave the order to build the house of God in Jerusalem again.
Where else “koresh” 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” appearsArtaxerxes
Artaxerxes: a name borne by several kings of Persia. In Ezra and Nehemiah, the king under whom the building was stopped and, later, the one who sent Ezra and Nehemiah.
Where else “artachshast” appearsking
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “melech” appearsPersia
Persia (Aramaic).
Where else “paras” appearsArtaxerxes reigned after Darius. The text gathers here the three kings of Persia who gave orders in favor of the house and of Jerusalem.
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.
14 · This verse (above)
15And this house was brought to completion by the third day of the month of Adar, which was the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
