Ezra 6:3 Go deeper
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In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; (KJV)
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בִּשְׁנַ֨תbish.Natin year
Lemma: שְׁנָה (she.nah) · Strong's: H8140
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (ANcfsc)
Meaning: year
Used 7 times. Also: Ezra 4:24, Ezra 5:11, Ezra 5:13, Ezra 6:15, Daniel 5:31, Daniel 7:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8140; TAHOT Ezra 6:3 word 1
חֲדָ֜הcha.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 6:2, Daniel 2:9, Daniel 2:31, Daniel 2:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2298; TAHOT Ezra 6:3 word 2
לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁle.Kho.reshof Cyrus
Lemma: כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ (ko.resh) · Strong's: H3567
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (ANpm)
Meaning: Cyrus
Used 8 times. Also: Ezra 5:13, Ezra 5:14, Ezra 5:17, Ezra 6:14, Daniel 6:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3567; TAHOT Ezra 6:3 word 3
מַלְכָּ֗אmal.Ka'king the
כּ֣וֹרֶשׁKo.reshCyrus
Lemma: כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ (ko.resh) · Strong's: H3567
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (ANpm)
Meaning: Cyrus
Used 8 times. Also: Ezra 5:13, Ezra 5:14, Ezra 5:17, Ezra 6:14, Daniel 6:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3567; TAHOT Ezra 6:3 word 5
מַלְכָּא֮mal.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 6:3 word 7
טְעֵם֒te.'Ema decree
בֵּית\־beit-[the] house of
אֱלָהָ֤א'e.la.Ha'<the> God
בִֽירוּשְׁלֶם֙vi.ru.she.Lemin Jerusalem
בַּיְתָ֣אbay.Ta'house the
יִתְבְּנֵ֔אyit.be.Ne'let it be built
Lemma: בְּנָה (be.nah) · Strong's: H1124
Parsing: Verb · Hitpael (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVui3ms)
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 6:3 word 13
אֲתַר֙'a.Tara place
Lemma: אֲתַר (a.tar) · Strong's: H0870
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (ANcbsa)
Meaning: place
Used 8 times. Also: Ezra 5:15, Ezra 6:5, Ezra 6:7, Daniel 2:35, Daniel 2:39, Daniel 7:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0870; TAHOT Ezra 6:3 word 14
דִּֽי\־di-which
דָבְחִ֣יןda.ve.Chin[they were] sacrificing
Lemma: דְּבַח (de.vach) · Strong's: H1684
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (AVqrmpa)
Meaning: to sacrifice
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1684; TAHOT Ezra 6:3 word 16
דִּבְחִ֔יןdiv.Chinsacrifices
Lemma: דְּבַח (de.vach) · Strong's: H1685
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (ANcmpa)
Meaning: sacrifice
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1685; TAHOT Ezra 6:3 word 17
וְאֻשּׁ֖וֹהִיve.'u.Sho.hiand foundations its
Lemma: אֹשׁ (osh) · Strong's: H0787
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (ANcmpc)
Meaning: foundation
Used 3 times. Also: Ezra 4:12, Ezra 5:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0787; TAHOT Ezra 6:3 word 18
מְסֽוֹבְלִ֑יןme.sov.Lin[be] retained
Lemma: סְבַל (se.val) · Strong's: H5446
Parsing: Verb · Pael (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (AVprmpa)
Meaning: to bear
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5446; TAHOT Ezra 6:3 word 19
רוּמֵהּ֙ru.Mehheight its
Lemma: רוּם (rum) · Strong's: H7314
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: height
Used 5 times. Also: Daniel 3:1, Daniel 4:10, Daniel 4:11, Daniel 4:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7314; TAHOT Ezra 6:3 word 20
אַמִּ֣ין'a.Mincubits
Lemma: אַמָּה (am.mah) · Strong's: H0521
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (ANcmpa)
Meaning: cubit
Used 4 times. Also: Daniel 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0521; TAHOT Ezra 6:3 word 21
שִׁתִּ֔יןshi.Tinsixty
Lemma: שִׁתִּין (shit.tin) · Strong's: H8361
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (AAcmpa)
Meaning: sixty
Used 4 times. Also: Daniel 3:1, Daniel 5:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8361; TAHOT Ezra 6:3 word 22
פְּתָיֵ֖הּpe.ta.Yehwidth its
Lemma: פְּתָי (pe.tay) · Strong's: H6613
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: breadth
Used 2 times. Also: Daniel 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6613; TAHOT Ezra 6:3 word 23
אַמִּ֥ין'a.Mincubits
Lemma: אַמָּה (am.mah) · Strong's: H0521
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (ANcmpa)
Meaning: cubit
Used 4 times. Also: Daniel 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0521; TAHOT Ezra 6:3 word 24
שִׁתִּֽין\׃shi.Tinsixty
Lemma: שִׁתִּין (shit.tin) · Strong's: H8361
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (AAcmpa)
Meaning: sixty
Used 4 times. Also: Daniel 3:1, Daniel 5:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8361; TAHOT Ezra 6:3 word 25
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| In the first | → | חַד H2298 one |
| year | → | שְׁנָה H8140 year |
| of King | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4430 king |
| Cyrus | → | כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ H3567 Cyrus |
| he | → | כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ H3567 Cyrus |
| . . . | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4430 king |
| issued | → | שׂוּם H7761G to set: make |
| a decree [concerning] | → | טְעֵם H2942 command |
| the house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1005 house |
| of God | → | אֱלָהּ H0426 god |
| in Jerusalem | → | יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם H3390 Jerusalem |
| Let the house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1005 house |
| be rebuilt | → | בְּנָה H1124 to build |
| as a place | → | אֲתַר H0870 place |
| for | → | דִּי H1768 that |
| offering | → | דְּבַח H1684 to sacrifice |
| sacrifices | → | דְּבַח H1685 sacrifice |
| and let its foundations | → | אֹשׁ H0787 foundation |
| be firmly laid | → | סְבַל H5446 to bear |
| It is to be sixty | → | שִׁתִּין H8361 sixty |
| cubits | → | אַמָּה H0521 cubit |
| high | → | רוּם H7314 height |
| [and] sixty | → | שִׁתִּין H8361 sixty |
| cubits | → | אַמָּה H0521 cubit |
| wide | → | פְּתָי H6613 breadth |
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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