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Blessed beבָּרוּךְYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof our fathers,אֲבוֹתֵינוּwhoאֲשֶׁרputנָתַןsomething like thisכָּזֹאתin the heartבְּלֵבof the king,הַמֶּלֶךְto beautifyלְפָאֵרthe houseבֵּיתof YHWHיְהוָהwhichאֲשֶׁרis in Jerusalem,בִּירוּשָׁלִָם
Ezra 7:27
Study it in the app“Blessed be YHWH, the Elohim of our fathers, who put something like this in the heart of the king, to beautify the house of YHWH which is in Jerusalem,”
With the Hebrew and Aramaic beneath
Ezra 7:27, word by word
- Blessed beבָּרוּךְbaruch
praise
To praise God: "blessed be YHWH".
Where else “baruch” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of our fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- putנָתַןnatan
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natan” appears- in the heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- to beautifyפָאֵרfaer
glorify
To make lovely, give honor, as God his people.
Where else “faer” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appears- is in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
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.”
27 · This verse (above)
28and to me he extended loyal love before the king and his counselors and all the officials of the king, the mighty men. And I strengthened myself according to the hand of YHWH my Elohim upon me, and I gathered from Israel heads to go up with me.