Ezra 4:12 Go deeper
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Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof , and joined the foundations. (KJV)
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יְדִ֙יעַ֙ye.Di.a'known
Lemma: יְדַע (ye.da) · Strong's: H3046
Parsing: Verb · Peil (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (AVQrmsa)
Meaning: to know
Used 47 times. Also: Ezra 4:13, Ezra 4:14, Ezra 4:15, Ezra 4:16, Ezra 5:8, Ezra 5:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3046; TAHOT Ezra 4:12 word 1
לֶהֱוֵ֣אle.he.Ve'let it be
Lemma: הֲוָא (ha.va) · Strong's: H1934
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqi3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 71 times. Also: Ezra 4:13, Ezra 4:20, Ezra 4:22, Ezra 4:24, Ezra 5:5, Ezra 5:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1934; TAHOT Ezra 4:12 word 2
לְמַלְכָּ֔אle.mal.Ka'to king the
דִּ֣יdithat
יְהוּדָיֵ֗אye.hu.da.Ye'Jews the
דִּ֤יdiwho
סְלִ֙קוּ֙se.Li.kuthey came up
Lemma: סְלֵק (se.liq) · Strong's: H5559
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (AVqp3mp)
Meaning: to ascend
Used 7 times. Also: Daniel 2:29, Daniel 6:23, Daniel 7:3, Daniel 7:8, Daniel 7:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5559; TAHOT Ezra 4:12 word 7
מִן\־min-from
לְוָתָ֔ךְle.va.Takhbeside you
Lemma: לְוָת (le.vat) · Strong's: H3890
Parsing: Preposition (AR)
Meaning: with
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3890; TAHOT Ezra 4:12 word 9
עֲלֶ֥ינָא'a.Lei.na'to us
אֲת֖וֹ'a.Tothey have come
Lemma: אֲתָה (a.tah) · Strong's: H0858
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (AVqp3mp)
Meaning: to come
Used 16 times. Also: Ezra 5:3, Ezra 5:16, Daniel 3:2, Daniel 3:13, Daniel 3:26, Daniel 5:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0858; TAHOT Ezra 4:12 word 11
לִירוּשְׁלֶ֑םli.ru.she.Lemto Jerusalem
קִרְיְתָ֨אkir.ye.Ta'city the
מָֽרָדְתָּ֤אma.ra.de.Ta'<the> rebellious
Lemma: מָרָד (ma.rad) · Strong's: H4779
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Definite (AAafsd)
Meaning: rebellious
Used 2 times. Also: Ezra 4:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4779; TAHOT Ezra 4:12 word 14
בָּנַ֔יִןba.Na.yin[they are] building
Lemma: בְּנָה (be.nah) · Strong's: H1124
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (AVqrmpa)
Meaning: to build
Used 22 times. Also: Ezra 4:13, Ezra 4:16, Ezra 4:21, Ezra 5:2, Ezra 5:3, Ezra 5:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1124; TAHOT Ezra 4:12 word 15
וְאֻשַּׁיָּ֖אve.'u.shai.Ya'and foundations the
Lemma: אֹשׁ (osh) · Strong's: H0787
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Definite (ANcmpd)
Meaning: foundation
Used 3 times. Also: Ezra 5:16, Ezra 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0787; TAHOT Ezra 4:12 word 16
יַחִֽיטוּ\׃ya.Chi.tuthey are repairing
Lemma: חוּט (chut) · Strong's: H2338
Parsing: Verb · Pael (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (AVpp3mp)
Meaning: to repair
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2338; TAHOT Ezra 4:12 word 17
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Let it be | → | הֲוָא H1934 to be |
| known | → | יְדַע H3046 to know |
| to the king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4430 king |
| that | → | דִּי H1768 that |
| the Jews | → | יְהוּדַי H3062 Jew |
| who | → | דִּי H1768 that |
| came | → | סְלֵק H5559 to ascend |
| from | → | מִן־ H4481 from |
| you | → | לְוָת H3890 with |
| to us | → | עַל H5922 since |
| have returned | → | אֲתָה H0858 to come |
| to Jerusalem | → | יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם H3390 Jerusalem |
| and are rebuilding | → | בְּנָה H1124 to build |
| that rebellious | → | מָרָד H4779 rebellious |
| and wicked | → | H0873 |
| city | → | קִרְיָה H7149 town |
| They are restoring | → | H3635 |
| [its] walls | → | שׁוּר H7792 wall |
| and repairing | → | חוּט H2338 to repair |
| its foundations | → | אֹשׁ H0787 foundation |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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