Ezra 1:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.”

Ezra 1:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ezra 1:222 words

HebrewMeaning

כֹּ֣הkōh

thusadvH3541

here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···

אָמַ֗רʾāmar

he saysverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

כֹּ֚רֶשׁkōreš

CyrusnounH3566

מֶ֣לֶךְmelekə

the king ofnounH4428

royal

פָּרַ֔סpāras

PersianounH6539

Persians

כֹּ֚לkōl

allnounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

מַמְלְכ֣וֹתmamələkwōt

the kingdoms ofnounH4467

king's · reign · royal

הָ/אָ֔רֶץhāʾāreṣ

the earthparticleH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

נָ֣תַןnātan

he has givenverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

לִ֔/יliy

pron

יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

אֱלֹהֵ֣יʾĕlōhēy

the God ofnounH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִםhašāmāyim

the heavensparticleH8064

astrologer · heaven

וְ/הֽוּאwəhwʾ

and heconjH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

פָקַ֤דpāqad

he has appointedverbH6485

at all · avenge · bestow · (appoint to have the ···

עָלַ/י֙ʿālay

mepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

לִ/בְנֽוֹתlibənwōt

to buildpronH1129

obtain children · make · repair · set ···

ל֣/וֹlwō

pron

בַ֔יִתbayit

a housenounH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֖םbiyrwšālaim

in JerusalempronH3389

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

whichparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

בִּֽ/יהוּדָֽהbiyhwdāh

is in JudahpronH3063

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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The Lord, the God of Heaven, Has Given Me

Cyrus, the Persian king, decrees that the Israelites can return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple. And he says: 'The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appoi...