Study it in the app“this Ezra went up from Babylon. And he was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, had given; and the king gave him, according to the hand of YHWH his Elohim upon him, all he requested.”
thisהוּאEzraעֶזְרָאwent upעָלָהfrom Babylon.מִבָּבֶלAnd heוְהוּאwas a skilledמָהִירscribeסֹפֵרin the lawבְּתוֹרַתof Moses,מֹשֶׁהwhichאֲשֶׁרYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלhad given;נָתַןand the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְgaveיִּתֶּןhim,לוֹaccording to the handכְּיַדof YHWHיְהוָהhis Elohimאֱלֹהָיוupon him,עָלָיוallכֹּלhe requested.בַּקָּשָׁתוֹ
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” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsskilled
Skilled, expert; literally "quick". Said of the scribe who masters his craft.
Where else “mahir” appearsscribe
An official who writes and reads the documents of the king or the temple.
Where else “sofer” appearslaw
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “torat” appearsMoses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” 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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” 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” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsrequest
Request: what someone asks of a king or of God.
Where else “bakashat” appearsBabylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
5the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the head priest:
6 · This verse (above)
7And there went up some of the sons of Israel and of the priests and the Levites and the singers and the gatekeepers and the Nethinim to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
