Ezra 4:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.”

Ezra 4:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ezra 4:2114 words

HebrewMeaning

כְּעַן֙kəʿan

nowadjH3705

שִׂ֣ימוּśiymw

giveadjH7761

command · lay · make · name ···

טְּעֵ֔םṭəʿēm

commandmentadjH2942

chancellor · command · decree · regard ···

לְ/בַטָּלָ֖אləbaṭālāʾ

(causeadjH989

make to) · cease · hinder

גֻּבְרַיָּ֣/אgubərayāʾ

certainadjH1400

man

אִלֵּ֑ךְʾilēkə

theseadjH479

those

וְ/קִרְיְתָ֥/אwəqirəyətāʾ

cityadjH7149

דָךְ֙dākə

the sameadjH1791

this

לָ֣אlāʾ

or evenadjH3809

neither · no(-ne · -r) · not ···

תִתְבְּנֵ֔אtitəbənēʾ

buildadjH1124

make

עַדʿad

atadjH5705

and · for · to · on till ···

מִנִּ֖/יminiy

accordingadjH4481

after · because · before · by ···

טַעְמָ֥/אṭaʿəmāʾ

accountadjH2941

to be commanded · commandment · matter

יִתְּשָֽׂםyitəśām

giveadjH7761

command · lay · make · name ···

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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