Ezra · Chapter 5

Ezra 5:10

¹Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.²Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.³At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?⁴Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?⁵But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.⁶The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:⁷They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.⁸Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.⁹Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?¹⁰We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.¹¹And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.¹²But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.¹³But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.¹⁴And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;¹⁵And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.¹⁶Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.¹⁷Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

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10	We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.	We also asked for their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.	We asked them their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them.

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This passage was written in Aramaic, the common language of the Babylonian and Persian empires, which the Jews of the exile also spoke. It uses the same alphabet as Hebrew.

English	Aramaic	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
and also	וְאַ֧ף	ve-'AF	H0638	also אַף (aph) also, yea Aramaic of aph (אַף "also" H0637)
names their	שְׁמָהָתְהֹ֛ם	she-ma-ha-te-HOM	H8036	name שֻׁם (shum) name Aramaic of shem (שֵׁם "name" H8034)
we asked	שְׁאֵ֥לְנָא	she-'E-le-na'	H7593	to ask שְׁאֵל (she.el) 1) to ask 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to ask for, request 1a2) to enquire for or about
to make known to you	לְהוֹדָעוּתָ֑ךְ	le-ho-da-'u-TAKH	H3046	to know יְדַע (ye.da) 1) to know 1a) (P'al) to know 1b) (Aphel) to let someone know, communicate, inform, cause to know
that	דִּ֛י	di	H1768	that דִּי (di) part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because
we will write	נִכְתֻּ֥ב	nikh-TUV	H3790	to write כְּתַב (ke.tav) 1) to write 1a) (P'al) to write, to be written
[the] name of	שֻׁם־	shum-	H8036	name שֻׁם (shum) name Aramaic of shem (שֵׁם "name" H8034)
men the	גֻּבְרַיָּ֖א	guv-rai-YA'	H1400	man גְּבַר (ge.var) a man, a certain (one) Aramaic of ge.ver (גֶּ֫בֶר "great man" H1397)
who	דִּ֥י	di	H1768	that דִּי (di) part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because
[are] at heads their	בְרָאשֵׁיהֹֽם׃ ס	ve-ra-shei-HOM	H7217	head רֵאשׁ (resh) 1) chief, head 1a) head (of man) 1b) head (as seat of visions) 1c) chief 1d) sum (essential content)

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Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.