Ezra 6:1 Go deeper
Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. (KJV)
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בֵּאדַ֛יִןbe.Da.yin<in> then
דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁda.re.Ya.veshDarius
מַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'king the
שָׂ֣םsamhe made
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7761G
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqp3ms)
Meaning: to set: make
Used 19 times. Also: Ezra 4:19, Ezra 4:21, Ezra 5:3, Ezra 5:9, Ezra 5:13, Ezra 5:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7761G; TAHOT Ezra 6:1 word 4
טְעֵ֑םte.'Ema decree
וּבַקַּ֣רוּ\׀u.va.Ka.ruand they searched
Lemma: בְּקַר (be.qar) · Strong's: H1240
Parsing: Verb · Pael (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (AVpp3mp)
Meaning: to enquire
Used 5 times. Also: Ezra 4:15, Ezra 4:19, Ezra 5:17, Ezra 7:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1240; TAHOT Ezra 6:1 word 6
בְּבֵ֣יתbe.Veitin [the] house
סִפְרַיָּ֗אsif.rai.Ya'books the
Lemma: סְפַר (se.phar) · Strong's: H5609
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Definite (ANcmpd)
Meaning: scroll
Used 5 times. Also: Ezra 4:15, Ezra 6:18, Daniel 7:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5609; TAHOT Ezra 6:1 word 8
דִּ֧יdiwhere
גִנְזַיָּ֛אgin.zai.Ya'treasures the
Lemma: גְּנַז (ge.naz) · Strong's: H1596
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Definite (ANcmpd)
Meaning: treasure
Used 3 times. Also: Ezra 5:17, Ezra 7:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1596; TAHOT Ezra 6:1 word 10
מְהַחֲתִ֥יןme.ha.cha.Tin[were] deposited
Lemma: נְחֵת (ne.chat) · Strong's: H5182
Parsing: Verb · Haphel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (AVhrmpa)
Meaning: to descend
Used 6 times. Also: Ezra 5:15, Ezra 6:5, Daniel 4:13, Daniel 4:23, Daniel 5:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5182; TAHOT Ezra 6:1 word 11
תַּמָּ֖הta.Mahthere
Lemma: תַּמָּה (tam.mah) · Strong's: H8536
Parsing: Adverb (AD)
Meaning: there
Used 4 times. Also: Ezra 5:17, Ezra 6:6, Ezra 6:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8536; TAHOT Ezra 6:1 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Thus | → | אֱדַ֫יִן H0116 then |
| King | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4430 king |
| Darius | → | דָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁ H1868G Darius |
| ordered | → | שׂוּם H7761G to set: make |
| . . . | → | טְעֵם H2942 command |
| a search | → | בְּקַר H1240 to enquire |
| of the archives | → | בַּ֫יִת H1005 house |
| stored | → | נְחֵת H5182 to descend |
| . . . | → | סְפַר H5609 scroll |
| . . . | → | דִּי H1768 that |
| in the treasury | → | גְּנַז H1596 treasure |
| of Babylon | → | בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל H0895 Babylon |
| . . . | → | תַּמָּה H8536 there |
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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