Ezra 6:2 Go deeper
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And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: (KJV)
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וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֣חve.hish.te.Khachand it was found
Lemma: שְׁכַח (she.khach) · Strong's: H7912
Parsing: Verb · Hitpael (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVup3ms)
Meaning: to find
Used 18 times. Also: Ezra 4:15, Ezra 4:19, Ezra 7:16, Daniel 2:25, Daniel 2:35, Daniel 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7912; TAHOT Ezra 6:2 word 1
בְּאַחְמְתָ֗אbe.'ach.me.Ta'in Ecbatana
Lemma: אַחְמְתָא (ach.me.ta) · Strong's: H0307
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (ANpl)
Meaning: Ecbatana
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0307; TAHOT Ezra 6:2 word 2
בְּבִֽירְתָ֛אbe.vi.re.Ta'in citadel the
Lemma: בִּירְתָא (bi.ra) · Strong's: H1001
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Definite (ANcfsd)
Meaning: citadel
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1001; TAHOT Ezra 6:2 word 3
דִּ֛יdiwhich
בְּמָדַ֥יbe.ma.Dai[is] in Media
Lemma: מָדַי (ma.day) · Strong's: H4076H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (ANpl)
Meaning: Media
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4076H; TAHOT Ezra 6:2 word 5
מְדִינְתָּ֖הme.di.ne.Tah'province the
Lemma: מְדִינָה (me.di.nah) · Strong's: H4083
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Definite (ANcfsd)
Meaning: province
Used 11 times. Also: Ezra 4:15, Ezra 5:8, Ezra 7:16, Daniel 2:48, Daniel 2:49, Daniel 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4083; TAHOT Ezra 6:2 word 6
מְגִלָּ֣הme.gi.Laha scroll
Lemma: מְגִלָּה (me.gil.lah) · Strong's: H4040
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (ANcfsa)
Meaning: scroll
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4040; TAHOT Ezra 6:2 word 7
חֲדָ֑הcha.Dahone
Lemma: חַד (chad) · Strong's: H2298
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (AAcbsa)
Meaning: one
Used 14 times. Also: Ezra 4:8, Ezra 5:13, Ezra 6:3, Daniel 2:9, Daniel 2:31, Daniel 2:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2298; TAHOT Ezra 6:2 word 8
וְכֵן\־ve.khen-and as follows
Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3652
Parsing: Adverb (AD)
Meaning: thus
Used 8 times. Also: Ezra 5:3, Daniel 2:24, Daniel 2:25, Daniel 4:14, Daniel 6:6, Daniel 7:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3652; TAHOT Ezra 6:2 word 9
כְּתִ֥יבke.Tivit was written
Lemma: כְּתַב (ke.tav) · Strong's: H3790
Parsing: Verb · Peil (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (AVQrmsa)
Meaning: to write
Used 8 times. Also: Ezra 4:8, Ezra 5:7, Ezra 5:10, Daniel 5:5, Daniel 6:25, Daniel 7:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3790; TAHOT Ezra 6:2 word 10
בְּגַוַּ֖הּbe.ga.Vahin midst its
Lemma: גַּו (gav) · Strong's: H1459
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: midst
Used 13 times. Also: Ezra 4:15, Ezra 5:7, Daniel 3:6, Daniel 3:11, Daniel 3:15, Daniel 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1459; TAHOT Ezra 6:2 word 11
דִּכְרוֹנָֽה\׃\ \פdikh.ro.Nah'<the> memorandum
Lemma: דִּכְרוֹן (dikh.ron) · Strong's: H1799A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Definite (ANcbsd)
Meaning: record
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1799A; TAHOT Ezra 6:2 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And a scroll | → | מְגִלָּה H4040 scroll |
| was found | → | שְׁכַח H7912 to find |
| in the fortress | → | בִּירְתָא H1001 citadel |
| . . . | → | דִּי H1768 that |
| of Ecbatana | → | אַחְמְתָא H0307 Ecbatana |
| in the province | → | מְדִינָה H4083 province |
| of Media | → | מָדַי H4076H Media |
| with the following | → | כֵּן H3652 thus |
| written | → | כְּתַב H3790 to write |
| on it | → | גַּו H1459 midst |
| Memorandum | → | דִּכְרוֹן H1799A record |
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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