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And there was foundוְהִשְׁתְּכַחin Ecbatana,בְּאַחְמְתָאin the fortressבְּבִירְתָאthatדִּיis in the provinceבְּ מְדִינְתָּהof Media,מָדַיa scroll,מְגִלָּה חֲדָהandוְthusכֵןwas writtenכְּתִיבin it:בְּגַוַּהּ“Memorial:דִּכְרוֹנָה
Ezra 6:2
Study it in the app“And there was found in Ecbatana, in the fortress that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and thus was written in it: “Memorial:”
With the Aramaic beneath
Ezra 6:2, word by word
- And there was foundהִשְׁתְּכַחhishtchach
find
To find, to discover (Aramaic).
Where else “hishtchach” appears- in Ecbatanaאַחְמְתָאachmta
Ecbatana
Ecbatana (in Aramaic, Achmetha): capital of Media and summer residence of the kings of Persia. There the scroll with the order of Cyrus was found.
Where else “achmta” appears- in the fortressבִירְתָvirta
fortress, citadel
Fortress, citadel; fortified palace (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "bira".
Where else “virta” appears- is in the provinceמְדִינְתָּmedinta
province
Province (Aramaic): a region of the empire with its own government. The same word as the Hebrew "medina".
Where else “medinta” appears- of Mediaמָדַיmaday
Media
Media (the Aramaic form): a region east of Assyria, joined to Persia in a single empire.
Where else “maday” appears- a scrollמְגִלָּהmegila
scroll
Scroll (Aramaic): a long strip of leather or papyrus, rolled up, on which one wrote.
Where else “megila” appears- a scrollחֲדָהchada
one
The number one; also used to say "a" or "a single".
Where else “chada” appears- thusכֵןchen
thus, so
Thus, so (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "ken".
Where else “chen” appears- was writtenכְּתִיבketiv
write
To write (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "katav".
Where else “ketiv” appears- in itגַוַּgava
midst, within
The middle, the inside (Aramaic): "within".
Where else “gava” appears- “Memorialדִּכְרוֹנָdichrona
record, memorial
Memorial, record (Aramaic): what is left written to be remembered. Related to the Hebrew "zikaron".
Where else “dichrona” appears
Translation note
Ecbatana (in Aramaic, Achmetha) was the capital of Media and the summer residence of the kings of Persia.
The context
1Then Darius the king gave an order, and they investigated in the house of the books where the treasures were deposited there in Babylon.
2 · This verse (above)
3In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king gave an order: Concerning the house of Elah in Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they sacrifice sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid; its height, sixty cubits; its width, sixty cubits;