Study it in the app“And they delivered the laws of the king to the satraps of the king and the governors of the other side of the river, and they supported the people and the house of Elohim.”
And they deliveredוַיִּתְּנוּthe lawsדָּתֵיof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְto the satrapsלַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵיof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְand the governorsוּפַחֲווֹתof the other sideעֵבֶרof the river,הַנָּהָרand they supportedוְנִשְּׂאוּthe peopleהָעָםand the houseוְ בֵּיתof Elohim.הָאֱלֹהִים
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appearslaw, decree
Law, decree.
Where else “date” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssatrap
Satrap (a word of Persian origin): governor of one of the great regions of the Persian empire, above the governors of provinces.
Where else “achashdarpne” appearsgovernor
Governor: one who rules a province or district in the name of the king. A frequent word in the books of the Persian period.
Where else “fachavot” appearsbeyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appearslift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nisu” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears“The laws of the king”: the written orders of Artaxerxes (7:21-24). The satraps governed the large regions of the Persian Empire.
35Those who had come from the captivity, the sons of the exile, offered burnt offerings to the Elohim of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve male goats as a sin offering; all was a burnt offering to YHWH.
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