Ezra 5:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.”

Ezra 5:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ezra 5:1011 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/אַ֧ףwəʾap

and alsoadjH638

שְׁמָהָתְ/הֹ֛םšəmāhātəhōm

names theiradjH8036

שְׁאֵ֥לְנָאšəʾēlənāʾ

we askedadjH7593

demand · require

לְּ/הֹ֖םləhōm

adj

לְ/הוֹדָעוּתָ֑/ךְləhwōdāʿwtākə

to make known to youadjH3046

know · make known · teach

דִּ֛יdiy

thatadjH1768

as · for · now · of ···

נִכְתֻּ֥בnikətub

we will writeadjH3790

שֻׁםšum

the name ofadjH8036

גֻּבְרַיָּ֖/אgubərayāʾ

men theadjH1400

man

דִּ֥יdiy

whoadjH1768

as · for · now · of ···

בְ/רָאשֵׁי/הֹֽםbərāʾšēyhōm

are at heads theiradjH7217

head · sum

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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Redemption and restoration - Ezra 5

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