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Ezra 4:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar–haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.


Ezra 4:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ezra 4:226 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּגְּשׁ֨וּwayigəšw
approachconjH5066
bring (forth · hither · near) · come (hither ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
זְרֻבָּבֶ֜לzərubābel
ZerubbabelnounH2216
וְ/אֶלwəʾel
aboutconjH413
according to · after · against · among ···
רָאשֵׁ֣יrāʾšēy
bandnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
הָֽ/אָב֗וֹתhāʾābwōt
fatherparticleH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וַ/יֹּאמְר֤וּwayōʾmərw
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ/הֶם֙lāhem
pron
נִבְנֶ֣הnibəneh
buildverbH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
עִמָּ/כֶ֔םʿimākem
accompanyingpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
כִּ֣יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
כָ/כֶ֔םkākem
pron
נִדְר֖וֹשׁnidərwōš
askverbH1875
at all · care for · diligently · inquire ···
לֵֽ/אלֹהֵי/כֶ֑םlēʾlōhēykem
GodpronH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
ו/לאwlʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
וְ/ל֣/וֹwəlwō
conj
אֲנַ֣חְנוּʾănaḥənw
ourselvesprepH587
us · we
זֹבְחִ֗יםzōbəḥiym
killverbH2076
offer · sacrifice · slay
מִ/ימֵי֙miymēy
daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
אֵסַ֤רʾēsar
Esar-haddonnounH634
חַדֹּן֙ḥadōn
Esar-haddonnounH634
מֶ֣לֶךְmelekə
kingnounH4428
royal
אַשּׁ֔וּרʾašwr
AsshurnounH804
Assur · Assyria · Assyrians. See
הַ/מַּעֲלֶ֥הhamaʿăleh
ariseparticleH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
אֹתָ֖/נוּʾōtānw
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
פֹּֽהpōh
hereadvH6311
hither · the one (other · this · that) side
Words 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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