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And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, (KJV)
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וּ֠מִנִּיU.mi.niand from me
אֲנָ֞ה'a.NahI
Lemma: אֲנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H0576B
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (APp1bs)
Meaning: me
Used 16 times. Also: Ezra 6:12, Daniel 2:8, Daniel 2:23, Daniel 2:30, Daniel 3:25, Daniel 4:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0576B; TAHOT Ezra 7:21 word 2
אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא'ar.tach.Shast'Artaxerxes
מַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'king the
שִׂ֣יםsimit is made
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7761G
Parsing: Verb · Peil (hence Action · Passive) · 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 7:21 word 5
טְעֵ֔םte.'Ema decree
לְכֹל֙le.Kholto all
גִּזַּֽבְרַיָּ֔אgi.zav.rai.Ya'treasurers the
Lemma: גִּזְבָּר (giz.bar) · Strong's: H1490
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Definite (ANcmpd)
Meaning: treasurer
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1490; TAHOT Ezra 7:21 word 8
דִּ֖יdiwho
בַּעֲבַ֣רba.'a.Var[are] in [the] region beyond
נַהֲרָ֑הna.ha.Rah'river the
דִּ֣יdithat
כָל\־khol-all
דִּ֣יdithat
יִ֠שְׁאֲלֶנְכוֹןYish.'a.len.khonhe will ask for you
Lemma: שְׁאֵל (she.el) · Strong's: H7593
Parsing: Verb · Peal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVqi3ms)
Meaning: to ask
Used 6 times. Also: Ezra 5:9, Ezra 5:10, Daniel 2:10, Daniel 2:11, Daniel 2:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7593; TAHOT Ezra 7:21 word 15
עֶזְרָ֨א'ez.Ra'Ezra
Lemma: עֶזְרָא (ez.ra) · Strong's: H5831
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (ANpm)
Meaning: Ezra
Used 3 times. Also: Ezra 7:12, Ezra 7:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5831; TAHOT Ezra 7:21 word 16
כָהֲנָ֜הkha.ha.Nah'priest the
סָפַ֤רsa.Far[the] scribe of
Lemma: סָפִר (sa.pher) · Strong's: H5613
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (ANcbsc)
Meaning: scribe
Used 8 times. Also: Ezra 4:8, Ezra 4:9, Ezra 4:17, Ezra 4:23, Ezra 7:12, Esther 3:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5613; TAHOT Ezra 7:21 word 18
דָּתָא֙da.Ta'law the
Lemma: דָּת (dat) · Strong's: H1882
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Definite (ANcbsd)
Meaning: law
Used 14 times. Also: Ezra 7:12, Ezra 7:14, Ezra 7:25, Ezra 7:26, Daniel 2:9, Daniel 2:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1882; TAHOT Ezra 7:21 word 19
דִּֽי\־di-of
אֱלָ֣הּ'e.Lah[the] God of
שְׁמַיָּ֔אshe.mai.Ya'heavens the
אָסְפַּ֖רְנָא'a.se.Par.na'diligently
יִתְעֲבִֽד\׃yit.'a.Vidlet it be done
Lemma: עֲבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H5648
Parsing: Verb · Hitpael (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (AVui3ms)
Meaning: to make
Used 28 times. Also: Ezra 4:15, Ezra 4:19, Ezra 4:22, Ezra 5:8, Ezra 6:8, Ezra 6:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5648; TAHOT Ezra 7:21 word 24
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I | → | אֲנָה H0576B me |
| King | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4430 king |
| Artaxerxes | → | אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא H0783B Artaxerxes |
| decree | → | טְעֵם H2942 command |
| to all | → | כֹּל H3606 all |
| the treasurers | → | גִּזְבָּר H1490 treasurer |
| west | → | עֲבַר H5675 beyond |
| of the Euphrates | → | נְהַר H5103G River |
| Whatever | → | כֹּל H3606 all |
| . . . | → | דִּי H1768 that |
| Ezra | → | עֶזְרָא H5831 Ezra |
| the priest | → | כָּהֵן H3549 priest |
| the scribe | → | סָפִר H5613 scribe |
| of the Law | → | דָּת H1882 law |
| of the God | → | אֱלָהּ H0426 god |
| of heaven | → | שָׁמַ֫יִן H8065 heaven |
| may require of you | → | שְׁאֵל H7593 to ask |
| it must be provided | → | עֲבַד H5648 to make |
| promptly | → | אׇסְפַּרְנָא H0629 diligently |
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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