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Ezra 4:3 — King James Version← Study notes

But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the Lord God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.


Ezra 4:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ezra 4:327 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩wayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ/הֶ֨םlāhem
pron
זְרֻבָּבֶ֜לzərubābel
ZerubbabelnounH2216
וְ/יֵשׁ֗וּעַwəyēšwʿa
JeshuaconjH3442
וּ/שְׁאָ֨רwšəʾār
remnantconjH7605
other · residue · rest
רָאשֵׁ֤יrāʾšēy
bandnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
הָֽ/אָבוֹת֙hāʾābwōt
fatherparticleH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לləyiśərāʾēl
IsraelpronH3478
לֹֽאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
לָ֣/כֶםlākem
pron
וָ/לָ֔/נוּwālānw
conj
לִ/בְנ֥וֹתlibənwōt
buildpronH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
בַּ֖יִתbayit
housenounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
לֵ/אלֹהֵ֑י/נוּlēʾlōhēynw
GodpronH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
כִּי֩kiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֲנַ֨חְנוּʾănaḥənw
ourselvesprepH587
us · we
יַ֜חַדyaḥad
alikeadvH3162
at all · both · likewise · only ···
נִבְנֶ֗הnibəneh
buildverbH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
לַֽ/יהוָה֙layhwāh
LORDpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהֵ֣יʾĕlōhēy
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣רkaʾăšer
aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
צִוָּ֔/נוּṣiwānw
appointverbH6680
bid · charge · (give a · give in ···
הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
כּ֥וֹרֶשׁkwōreš
CyrusnounH3566
מֶֽלֶךְmelekə
kingnounH4428
royal
פָּרָֽסpārās
PersianounH6539
Persians
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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