Study it in the app“And by me, I, Artaxerxes the king, an order is given to all the treasurers who are in the other side of the river, that all that Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the Elah of the heavens, asks of you be done with diligence,”
And by me,וּמִנִּיI,אֲנָהArtaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּאthe king,מַלְכָּאan orderטְעֵםis givenשִׂיםto allלְכֹלthe treasurersגִּזַּבְרַיָּאwhoדִּיare in the other sideבַּעֲבַרof the river,נַהֲרָהthatדִּיallכָלthatדִּיEzraעֶזְרָאthe priest,כָהֲנָהscribeסָפַרof the lawדָּתָאofדִּיthe Elahאֱלָהּof the heavens,שְׁמַיָּאasks of youיִשְׁאֲלֶנְכוֹןbe doneיִתְעֲבִדwith diligence,אָסְפַּרְנָא
I
I (Aramaic).
Where else “ana” 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 “malka” appearsorder
What the king or God commands, as an order or decree.
Where else “teem” appearsgive an order
To give an order or a decree.
Where else “sim” appearstreasurer
Treasurer (Aramaic, a word of Persian origin): one who keeps and distributes the king's goods.
Where else “gizavraya” appearsother side, beyond
The other side (Aramaic). "Beyond the River" is the Persian province west of the Euphrates.
Where else “avar” appearsriver
River (Aramaic); above all the Euphrates. "Beyond the River" is the name of the Persian province west of the Euphrates.
Where else “nahara” appearsEzra
Ezra (the Aramaic form of the name): the priest and scribe to whom King Artaxerxes gave his letter.
Where else “ezra” appearspriest
Priest (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "kohen".
Where else “chahana” appearsscribe
Scribe (Aramaic): one who writes and keeps the documents; secretary.
Where else “safar” appearslaw, decree
Law (Aramaic; a word of Persian origin): both the law of God and the law of the king.
Where else “data” 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” appearsheavens
Heavens (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shamayim". "The Elah of the heavens" is the God of Israel.
Where else “shemaya” appearsask
To ask, to request (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shaal".
Where else “yishalen” appearsdo, make
To do, to make (Aramaic). Its Hebrew relative "avad" means "to serve, to work".
Where else “yitavid” appearsdiligently
With diligence, carefully and without delay (Aramaic, a word of Persian origin).
Where else “asparna” appears20And the rest of what is needed for the house of your Elah, which falls to you to give, you shall give from the house of the treasures of the king.
21 · This verse (above)
22up to one hundred talents of silver, and up to one hundred cors of wheat, and up to one hundred baths of wine, and up to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without measure.
