Ezra 6:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;”

Ezra 6:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ezra 6:325 words

HebrewMeaning

בִּ/שְׁנַ֨תbišənat

yearadjH8140

חֲדָ֜הḥădāh

aadjH2298

first · one · together

לְ/כ֣וֹרֶשׁləkwōreš

CyrusadjH3567

מַלְכָּ֗/אmaləkāʾ

kingadjH4430

royal

כּ֣וֹרֶשׁkwōreš

CyrusadjH3567

מַלְכָּ/א֮maləkāʾ

kingadjH4430

royal

שָׂ֣םśām

giveadjH7761

command · lay · make · name ···

טְעֵם֒ṭəʿēm

commandmentadjH2942

chancellor · command · decree · regard ···

בֵּיתbēyt

houseadjH1005

אֱלָהָ֤/אʾĕlāhāʾ

GodadjH426

god

בִֽ/ירוּשְׁלֶם֙biyrwšəlem

{Jerusalem}adjH3390

בַּיְתָ֣/אbayətāʾ

houseadjH1005

יִתְבְּנֵ֔אyitəbənēʾ

buildadjH1124

make

אֲתַר֙ʾătar

afteradjH870

place

דִּֽיdiy

butadjH1768

as · for · now · of ···

דָבְחִ֣יןdābəḥiyn

offeradjH1684

דִּבְחִ֔יןdibəḥiyn

sacrificeadjH1685

וְ/אֻשּׁ֖וֹ/הִיwəʾušwōhiy

foundationadjH787

מְסֽוֹבְלִ֑יןməswōbəliyn

strongly laidadjH5446

רוּמֵ/הּ֙rwmēh

heightadjH7314

אַמִּ֣יןʾamiyn

cubitadjH521

שִׁתִּ֔יןšitiyn

threescoreadjH8361

פְּתָיֵ֖/הּpətāyēh

breadthadjH6613

אַמִּ֥יןʾamiyn

cubitadjH521

שִׁתִּֽיןšitiyn

threescoreadjH8361

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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