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Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building? (KJV)
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אֱדַ֥יִן'e.Da.yinthen
כְּנֵ֖מָאke.Ne.ma'as follows
אֲמַ֣רְנָא'a.Mar.na'we said
Lemma: אֲמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0560
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (AVqp1cp)
Meaning: to say
Used 71 times. Also: Ezra 5:3, Ezra 5:9, Ezra 5:11, Ezra 5:15, Jeremiah 10:11, Daniel 2:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0560; TAHOT Ezra 5:4 word 3
מַן\־man-what?
Lemma: מָן (man) · Strong's: H4479
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (APi)
Meaning: who?
Used 10 times. Also: Ezra 5:3, Ezra 5:9, Daniel 3:6, Daniel 3:11, Daniel 3:15, Daniel 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4479; TAHOT Ezra 5:4 word 4
אִנּוּן֙'i.Nun[are] they
Lemma: אִנּוּן (in.nun) · Strong's: H0581A
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Plural (APp3mp)
Meaning: they
Used 3 times. Also: Daniel 2:44, Daniel 6:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0581A; TAHOT Ezra 5:4 word 5
שְׁמָהָ֣תshe.ma.Hat[the] names of
Lemma: שֻׁם (shum) · Strong's: H8036
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (ANcfpc)
Meaning: name
Used 12 times. Also: Ezra 5:1, Ezra 5:10, Ezra 5:14, Ezra 6:12, Daniel 2:20, Daniel 2:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8036; TAHOT Ezra 5:4 word 6
גֻּבְרַיָּ֔אguv.rai.Ya'men the
Lemma: גְּבַר (ge.var) · Strong's: H1400
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Definite (ANcmpd)
Meaning: man
Used 21 times. Also: Ezra 4:21, Ezra 5:10, Ezra 6:8, Daniel 2:25, Daniel 3:8, Daniel 3:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1400; TAHOT Ezra 5:4 word 7
דִּֽי\־di-who
דְנָ֥הde.Nahthis
בִנְיָנָ֖אvin.ya.Na'building the
Lemma: בִּנְיָן (bin.yan) · Strong's: H1147
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Definite (ANcbsd)
Meaning: building
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1147; TAHOT Ezra 5:4 word 10
בָּנַֽיִן\׃ba.Na.yin[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 4:12, Ezra 4:13, Ezra 4:16, Ezra 4:21, Ezra 5:2, Ezra 5:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1124; TAHOT Ezra 5:4 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| They also | → | אֱדַ֫יִן H0116 then |
| . . . | → | כְּנֵ֫מָא H3660 thus |
| asked | → | אֲמַר H0560 to say |
| What | → | מָן H4479 who? |
| are | → | אִנּוּן H0581A they |
| the names | → | שֻׁם H8036 name |
| of the men | → | גְּבַר H1400 man |
| who | → | דִּי H1768 that |
| are constructing | → | בְּנָה H1124 to build |
| this | → | דְּנָה H1836 this |
| building | → | בִּנְיָן H1147 building |
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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