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Ezra 4:7

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And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they [unto him] an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.	And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter [was] written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.	Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And in the days^H3117 of Artaxerxes^H783 wrote^H3789 Bishlam^H1312, Mithredath^H4990, Tabeel^H2870, and the rest^H7605 of their companions^H3674, unto Artaxerxes^H783 king^H4428 of Persia^H6539; and the writing^H3791 of the letter^H5406 was written^H3789 in the Syrian tongue^H762, and interpreted^H8638 in the Syrian tongue^H762.

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Original Hebrew

וּבִימֵי אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּא כָּתַב בִּשְׁלָם מִתְרְדָת טָבְאֵל וּשְׁאָר [כְּנָוֹתֹו כ] (כְּנָוֹתָיו ק) עַל־ [אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּא כ] (אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּ ק) מֶלֶךְ פָּרָס וּכְתָב הַנִּשְׁתְּוָן כָּתוּב אֲרָמִית וּמְתֻרְגָּם אֲרָמִית׃ פ

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וּ/בִ/ימֵ֣י	u./vi./Mei	H3117	HC/R/Ncmpc	and/ in/ (the) days of
אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֗שְׂתָּא	'ar.tach.Shas.ta'	H783	HNp	Artaxerxes
כָּתַ֨ב	ka.Tav	H3789	HVqp3ms	he wrote
בִּשְׁלָ֜ם	bish.Lam	H1312	HNp	Bishlam
מִתְרְדָ֤ת	mit.re.Dat	H4990	HNp	Mithredath
טָֽבְאֵל֙	ta.ve.'El	H2870	HNp	Tabeel
וּ/שְׁאָ֣ר	u./she.'Ar	H7605	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) rest of
כנות/ו	kᵉnâth	H3674	HNcmpc/Sp3ms
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	to
ארתחששתא	ʼArtachshashtâʼ	H783	HNp
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	H4428	HNcmsc	(the) king of
פָּרָ֑ס	pa.Ras	H6539	HNp	Persia
וּ/כְתָב֙	u./khe.Tav	H3791	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) writing of
הַֽ/נִּשְׁתְּוָ֔ן	ha./nish.te.Van	H5406	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ letter
כָּת֥וּב	ka.Tuv	H3789	HVqsmsa	(was) written
אֲרָמִ֖ית	'a.ra.Mit	H762	HNgfsa	Aramaic
וּ/מְתֻרְגָּ֥ם	u./me.tur.Gam	H8638	HC/VPsmsa	and/ (was) translated
אֲרָמִֽית	'a.ra.Mit	H762	HNgfsa	Aramaic

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H762 — אֲרָמִית (ʼĂrâmîyth, ar-aw-meeth'): feminine of אֲרַמִּי; (only adverbial) in Aramean; in the Syrian language (tongue), in Syriac.
• H783 — אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתָּא (ʼArtachshashtâʼ, ar-takh-shash-taw'): or אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתְּא; or by permutation אַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא; of foreign origin; Artachshasta (or Artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings; Artaxerxes.
• H1312 — בִּשְׁלָם (Bishlâm, bish-lawm'): of foreign derivation; Bishlam, a Persian; Bishlam.
• H2870 — טָבְאֵל (ṭâbᵉʼêl, taw-beh-ale'): from טוֹב and אֵל; pleasing (to) God; Tabeel, the name of a Syrian and of a Persian; Tabeal, Tabeel.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3674 — כְּנָת (kᵉnâth, ken-awth'): from כָּנָה; a colleague (as having the same title); companion.
• H3789 — כָּתַב (kâthab, kaw-thab'): a primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe); describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
• H3791 — כָּתָב (kâthâb, kaw-thawb'): from כָּתַב; something written, i.e. a writing, record or book; register, scripture, writing.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H4990 — מִתְרְדָת (Mithrᵉdâth, mith-red-awth'): of Persian origin; Mithredath, the name of two Persians; Mithredath.
• H5406 — נִשְׁתְּוָן (nishtᵉvân, nish-tev-awn'): probably of Persian origin; an epistle; letter.
• H6539 — פָּרַס (Pâraç, paw-ras'): of foreign origin; Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants; Persia, Persians.
• H7605 — שְׁאָר (shᵉʼâr, sheh-awr'): from שָׁאַר; a remainder; [idiom] other, remnant, residue, rest.
• H8638 — תִּרְגַּם (tirgam, teer-gam'): a denominative from רָגַם in the sense of throwing over; to transfer, i.e. translate; interpret.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• companions — Ezra 4:9, Ezra 4:17, Ezra 5:6
• the Syrian tongue — 2 Kings 18:26, Ezra 4:8, Ezra 7:27, Isaiah 36:11, Daniel 2:4

Reciprocal references (5): 1 Kings 21:8, Ezra 8:36, Jeremiah 29:25, Obadiah 1:19, Zechariah 1:19

Related Topics

• Nave’s: ACCUSATION, FALSE, ARTAXERXES, BISHLAM, LANGUAGE, MITHREDATH, TABEEL

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