Ezra 4:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel;”

Ezra 4:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ezra 4:112 words

HebrewMeaning

וַֽ/יִּשְׁמְע֔וּwayišəməʿw

call togetherconjH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

צָרֵ֥יṣārēy

adversarynounH6862

afflicted · anguish · close · distress ···

יְהוּדָ֖הyəhwdāh

JudahnounH3063

וּ/בִנְיָמִ֑ןwbinəyāmin

BenjaminconjH1144

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

בְנֵ֤יbənēy

sonnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

הַ/גּוֹלָה֙hagwōlāh

(carried away)particleH1473

captive · removing

בּוֹנִ֣יםbwōniym

buildverbH1129

obtain children · make · repair · set ···

הֵיכָ֔לhēykāl

palacenounH1964

temple

לַ/יהוָ֖הlayhwāh

LORDpronH3068

the Lord. Compare

אֱלֹהֵ֥יʾĕlōhēy

GodnounH430

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

יִשְׂרָאֵֽלyiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

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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