Study it in the app“And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your Elah which is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are in the other side of the river, all who know the laws of your Elah; and whoever does not know them, you shall make them known.”
And you,וְאַנְתְּEzra,עֶזְרָאaccording to the wisdomכְּחָכְמַתof your Elahאֱלָהָךְwhichדִּיis in your hand,בִידָךְappointמֶנִּיmagistratesשָׁפְטִיןand judgesוְדַיָּנִיןwhoדִּיmayלֶהֱוֺןjudgeדָּאיְנִיןallלְכָלthe peopleעַמָּהwhoדִּיare in the other sideבַּעֲבַרof the river,נַהֲרָהallלְכָלwho knowיָדְעֵיthe lawsדָּתֵיof your Elah;אֱלָהָךְand whoeverוְדִיdoes notלָאknow them,יָדַעyou shall make them known.תְּהוֹדְעוּן
you
You (Aramaic).
Where else “ant” appearsEzra
Ezra (the Aramaic form of the name): the priest and scribe to whom King Artaxerxes gave his letter.
Where else “ezra” appearswisdom
Wisdom (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "chochma".
Where else “chachmat” 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” appearshand
Hand (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "yad". "To give into the hand of" is to hand over to someone's power.
Where else “yda” appearsappoint
To put someone in an office or assign him a duty (Aramaic).
Where else “meni” appearsjudge; magistrate
To judge; "magistrate", one who judges (Aramaic, taken from the Hebrew "shafat").
Where else “shaftin” appearsjudge
Judge (Aramaic).
Where else “dayanin” appearsbe, become
To be, to become, to happen (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "haya".
Where else “lehevon” appearsjudge
To judge (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "din".
Where else “daynin” appearspeople
People (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "am".
Where else “ama” 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” appearsknow
To know something, to find out about it (in Aramaic).
Where else “yade” appearslaw, decree
Law (Aramaic; a word of Persian origin): both the law of God and the law of the king.
Where else “date” appears24And to you it is made known that as for all the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, and servants of this house of Elah, it is not permitted to impose on them tribute, tax, or toll.
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26And whoever does not carry out the law of your Elah and the law of the king, with diligence let judgment be executed on him, whether for death, or for uprooting, or for a fine of goods, or for imprisonment.”
