Study it in the app“In 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;”
In the firstבִּ חֲדָהyearשְׁנַתof Cyrusלְכוֹרֶשׁthe king,מַלְכָּאCyrusכּוֹרֶשׁthe kingמַלְכָּאgaveשָׂםan order:טְעֵםConcerning the houseבֵּיתof Elahאֱלָהָאin Jerusalem,בִירוּשְׁלֶםlet the houseבַּיְתָאbe built,יִתְבְּנֵאthe placeאֲתַרwhereדִּיthey sacrificeדָבְחִיןsacrifices,דִּבְחִיןandוְlet its foundationsאֻשּׁוֹהִיbe firmly laid;מְסוֹבְלִיןits height,רוּמֵהּsixtyשִׁתִּיןcubits;אַמִּיןits width,פְּתָיֵהּsixtyשִׁתִּיןcubits;אַמִּין
first
The first in a series, like a king's first year.
Where else “chada” appearsyear
Year (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shana".
Where else “shenat” 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 “choresh” appearsking
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appearsgive an order
To give an order or a decree.
Where else “sam” appearsorder
What the king or God commands, as an order or decree.
Where else “teem” appearstemple
God's temple in Jerusalem.
Where else “bet” 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 “elaha” appearsJerusalem
Jerusalem (the Aramaic form of the name).
Where else “yrushlem” appearsbuild
To build (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "bana".
Where else “yitbne” appearsplace
The spot where something is or was.
Where else “atar” appearssacrifice
To sacrifice (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "zavach".
Where else “davchin” appearssacrifice
Sacrifice (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "zevach".
Where else “divchin” appearsfoundation
Foundation (Aramaic): the base on which a building stands.
Where else “usho” appearslay, support
An Aramaic verb of uncertain sense, said of the foundations: to hold up, to set firm, to lay.
Where else “mesovlin” appearsheight
Height (Aramaic).
Where else “rume” appearssixty
Sixty (Aramaic).
Where else “shitin” appearscubit
Cubit (Aramaic): a measure of length, from the elbow to the tip of the fingers, about half a meter. The same word as the Hebrew "amma".
Where else “amin” appearswidth
Width (Aramaic).
Where else “petaye” appears“Be firmly laid”: an Aramaic word of uncertain sense. The memorial does not give the length of the house.
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:
3 · This verse (above)
4three courses of great stones and a course of new timber; and let the cost be paid from the house of the king.
