Study it in the app“And this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commandments of YHWH and of his statutes for Israel:”
And thisוְזֶהis the copyפַּרְשֶׁגֶןof the letterהַנִּשְׁתְּוָןthatאֲשֶׁרKingהַמֶּלֶךְArtaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּאgaveנָתַןto Ezraלְעֶזְרָאthe priest,הַכֹּהֵןthe scribe,הַסֹּפֵרa scribeסֹפֵרof the wordsדִּבְרֵיof the commandmentsמִצְוֺתof YHWHיְהוָהand of his statutesוְחֻקָּיוfor Israel:עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל
copy
Copy of a writing (a word of Persian origin used in Hebrew).
Where else “parshegen” appearsletter
Letter, official writing (a word of Persian origin used in Hebrew).
Where else “nishtvan” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” 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” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appearsEzra
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” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appearsscribe
An official who writes and reads the documents of the king or the temple.
Where else “sofer” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appearscommandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvot” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsstatute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukay” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsFrom the next verse to 7:26 the book is again in Aramaic: it is the king’s letter.
10For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of YHWH and to do it, and to teach in Israel statute and rule.
11 · This verse (above)
12“Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the Elah of the heavens: complete peace. And now:
