Ezra 5:5
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | But 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. | But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so that they were not stopped until a report was sent to Darius and written instructions about this matter were returned. | But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease, till the matter should come to Darius, and then answer should be returned by letter concerning it. |
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Original Aramaic words
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 [the] eye of | וְעֵ֣ין | ve-'EIN | H5870 | eyeעַ֫יִן (a.yin) eye Aramaic of a.yin (עַ֫יִן ": eye" H5869A) |
| God their | אֱלָהֲהֹ֗ם | 'e-la-ha-HOM | H0426 | godאֱלָהּ (e.lah) 1) god, God 1a) god, heathen deity 1b) God (of Israel) |
| it was | הֲוָת֙ | ha-VAT | H1934 | to beהֲוָא (ha.va) 1) to come to pass, become, be 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to come to pass 1a2) to come into being, arise, become, come to be 1a2a) to let become known (with participle of knowing) 1a3) to be |
| on | עַל־ | 'al- | H5922 | sinceעַל (al) 1) upon, over, on account of, above, to, against 1a) upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of 1b) over (with verbs of ruling) 1c) above, beyond (in comparison) 1d) to, against (of direction) |
| [the] elders of | שָׂבֵ֣י | sa-VEI | H7868 | be grayשִׂיב (siv) 1) to be gray, be hoary, be hoary-headed 1a) (P'al) elders (subst) |
| Jews the | יְהוּדָיֵ֔א | ye-hu-da-YE' | H3062 | Jewיְהוּדַי (ye.hu.da.i) Someone descended from Judah (H3063) and possibly other tribes, first mentioned at 2Ki.25.25 Aramaic of ye.hu.di (יְהוּדִי "Jew" H3064) |
| and not | וְלָא־ | ve-la'- | H3809 | notלָא (la) no, not, nothing Aramaic of lo (לֹא "not" H3808) |
| they made cease | בַטִּ֣לוּ | va-TI-lu | H0989 | to ceaseבְּטֵל (be.tel) 1) (P'al) to cease 1a) to cease 1b) to make to cease |
| them | הִמּ֔וֹ | hi-MO | H1994 | theyהִמּוֹ (him.mo) 1) they, them 1a) they (subject) 1b) them (object) |
| until | עַד־ | 'ad- | H5705 | tillעַד (ad) prep 1) even to, until, up to, during conj 2) until, up to the time that, ere that |
| report the | טַעְמָ֖א | ta'-MA' | H2941 | accountטְעֵם (ta.am) judgment, command, discretion Aramaic of ta.am (טַ֫עַם "taste" H2940) |
| to Darius | לְדָרְיָ֣וֶשׁ | le-da-re-YA-vesh | H1868G | Dariusדָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁ (dar.ya.vesh) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.4.5 Aramaic of dar.ya.vesh (דָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁ "Darius" H1867H) § Darius = "lord" 1) Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, king of the Chaldeans, who succeeded to the Babylonian kingdom on the death of Belshazzar; probably the same as "Astyages" the last king of the Medes (538 BC) (same as dar.ya.vesh (דָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁ "Darius" H1867) (1)) 2) Darius, the son of Hystaspes, the founder of the Perso-Arian dynasty (521 BC) (same as (2)) 3) Darius II or Darius III … |
| it will come | יְהָ֑ךְ | ye-HAKH | H1946 | to goהוּךְ (hukh) (P'al) to go, come, walk, be brought Aramaic of ha.lakh (הָלַךְ ": walk" H1980) |
| and then | וֶאֱדַ֛יִן | ve-'e-DA-yin | H0116 | thenאֱדַ֫יִן (e.da.yin) then, afterwards, thereupon, from that time Aramaic of az (אָז "then" H0227A) |
| they will send back | יְתִיב֥וּן | ye-ti-VUN | H8421I | to return: returnתּוּב (tuv) : return 1) to return, come back 1a) (P'al) to return, come back 1b) (Aphel) 1b1) to restore, give back, answer 1b2) to return |
| letter the | נִשְׁתְּוָנָ֖א | nish-te-va-NA' | H5407 | documentנִשְׁתְּוָן (nish.te.van) letter Aramaic of nish.te.van (נִשְׁתְּוָן "letter" H5406) |
| concerning | עַל־ | 'al- | H5922 | sinceעַל (al) 1) upon, over, on account of, above, to, against 1a) upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of 1b) over (with verbs of ruling) 1c) above, beyond (in comparison) 1d) to, against (of direction) |
| this | דְּנָֽה׃ פ | de-NAH | H1836 | thisדְּנָה (de.nah) demons pron 1) this, on account of this adv 2) therefore |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.