And afterוְאַחַרtheseהָאֵלֶּהthings,הַדְּבָרִיםin the reignבְּמַלְכוּתof Artaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּאkingמֶלֶךְof Persia,פָּרָסEzraעֶזְרָאthe sonבֶּןof Seraiah,שְׂרָיָהthe sonבֶּןof Azariah,עֲזַרְיָהthe sonבֶּןof Hilkiah,חִלְקִיָּה
Ezra 7:1
Study it in the app“And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,”
With the Hebrew and Aramaic beneath
Ezra 7:1, word by word
- thingsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devarim” appears- in the reignמַלְכוּתmalchut
reign
A reign, or what belongs to a king: his rule and dignity.
Where else “malchut” appears- of Artaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּאartachshast
Artaxerxes
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” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Persiaפָּרָסparas
Persia
See it on the mapWhere else “paras” appears- Ezraעֶזְרָאezra
Ezra
Ezra: a priest and scribe, a descendant of Aaron, who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem to teach the law. Also another man of the same name in Nehemiah. The name means "help".
Where else “ezra” appears- the sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Seraiahשְׂרָיָהseraya
Seraiah
Seraiah, the name of several men; among them David's scribe (2 Samuel 8:17). It means "YHWH has prevailed".
Where else “seraya” appears- of Azariahעֲזַרְיָהazarya
Azariah
Azariah: the name of many men in the Bible: priests and officials in the time of Solomon (1 Kings 4:2, 5), a king of Judah also called Uzziah (2 Kings 15), one of Daniel's companions (Daniel 1:6), and others. The name means "YHWH has helped."
Where else “azarya” appears- of Hilkiahחִלְקִיָּהchilkiya
Hilkiah
Hilkiah: a name meaning "my portion is YHWH," borne by several men: the father of Eliakim (2 Kings 18:18); the high priest who found the book of the law in Josiah's time (2 Kings 22:8); the father of the prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:1), and others.
Where else “chilkiya” appears
Places in this verse
Persia
Today: Iran
An empire stretching from what is now Iran to Egypt; its center was in present-day Iran.
Cyrus, king of Persia, let the Jews return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple (Ezra 1:1-3).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,