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Ezra 4:9

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Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:	Then [wrote] Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, [and] the Elamites,	And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest [that are] on this side the river, and at such a time.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then^H116 wrote Rehum^H7348 the chancellor^{H1169 H2942}, and Shimshai^H8124 the scribe^H5613, and the rest^H7606 of their companions^H3675; the Dinaites^H1784, the Apharsathchites^H671, the Tarpelites^H2967, the Apharsites^H670, the Archevites^H756, the Babylonians^H896, the Susanchites^H7801, the Dehavites^H1723, and the Elamites^H5962,

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Original Hebrew

אֱדַיִן רְחוּם בְּעֵל־טְעֵם וְשִׁמְשַׁי סָפְרָא וּשְׁאָר כְּנָוָתְהֹון דִּינָיֵא וַאֲפַרְסַתְכָיֵא טַרְפְּלָיֵא אֲפָרְסָיֵא [אַרְכְּוָי כ] (אַרְכְּוָיֵא ק) בָבְלָיֵא שׁוּשַׁנְכָיֵא [דִּהוּא כ] (דֶּהָיֵא ק) עֵלְמָיֵא׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֱדַ֜יִן	'e.Da.yin	H116	AD	then
רְח֣וּם	re.Chum	H7348	ANp	Rehum
בְּעֵל	be.'el-	H1169	ANcmsc	lord of
טְעֵ֗ם	te.'Em	H2942	ANcmsa	command
וְ/שִׁמְשַׁי֙	ve./shim.Shai	H8124	AC/Np	and/ Shimshai
סָֽפְרָ֔/א	sa.fe.Ra/'	H5613	ANcmsd/Td	scribe/ the
וּ/שְׁאָ֖ר	u./she.'Ar	H7606	AC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) rest of
כְּנָוָתְ/ה֑וֹן	ke.na.va.te./Hon	H3675	ANcmpc/Sp3mp	associates/ their
דִּ֠ינָיֵ/א	Di.na.ye/'	H1784	ANcmpd/Td	Dinay/ the
וַ/אֲפַרְסַתְכָיֵ֞/א	va./'a.far.sat.kha.Ye/'	H671	AC/Ncmpd/Td	and/ officials/ the
טַרְפְּלָיֵ֣/א	tar.pe.la.Ye/'	H2967	ANcmpd/Td	Tarpelites/ the
אֲפָֽרְסָיֵ֗/א	'a.fa.re.sa.Ye/'	H670	ANgmpd/Td	Sipparites/ the
ארכוי	ʼArkᵉvay	H756	ANgmpc
בָבְלָיֵ/א֙	va.ve.la.Ye/'	H896	ANgmpd/Td	Babylonians/ the
שֽׁוּשַׁנְכָיֵ֔/א	shu.shan.kha.Ye/'	H7801	ANgmpd/Td	Susanchites/ the
ד/הוא	dîy	H1768	ATr/Ta
עֵלְמָיֵֽ/א	'e.le.ma.Ye/'	H5962	ANgmpd/Td	Elamites/ the

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

Strong's References

• H116 — אֱדַיִן (ʼĕdayin, ed-ah'-yin): (Aramaic) of uncertain derivation; then (of time); now, that time, then.
• H670 — אֲפָרְסַי (ʼĂphârᵉçay, af-aw-re-sah'ee): (Aramaic) of foreign origin (only in the plural); an Apherasite or inhabitant of an unknown region of Assyria; Apharsite.
• H671 — אֲפַרְסְכַי (ʼĂpharçᵉkay, af-ar-sek-ah'ee): (Aramaic) or אֲפַרְסַתְכַי; (Aramaic), of foreign origin (only in the plural); an Apharsekite or Apharsathkite, an unknown Assyrian tribe; Apharsachites, Apharasthchites.
• H756 — אַרְכְּוַי (ʼArkᵉvay, ar-kev-ah'ee): (Aramaic) patrial from אֶרֶךְ; an Arkevite (collectively) or native of Erek; Archevite.
• H896 — בַּבְלִי (Bablîy, bab-lee'): (Aramaic) patrial from בַּבֶל; a Babylonian; Babylonia.
• H1169 — בְּעֵל (bᵉʻêl, beh-ale'): (Aramaic) corresponding to בַּעַל; {a master; hence, a husband,}; [phrase] chancellor.
• H1723 — דַּהֲוָא (Dahăvâʼ, dah-hav-aw'): (Aramaic) of uncertain derivation; Dahava, a people colonized in Samaria; Dehavites.
• H1784 — דִּינַי (Dîynay, dee-nah'-ee): (Aramaic) partial from uncertain primitive; a Dinaite or inhabitant of some unknown Assyria province; Dinaite.
• H2942 — טְעֵם (ṭᵉʻêm, teh-ame'): (Aramaic) from טְעַם, and equivalent to טַעַם; properly, flavor; figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective); hence, account (both subjectively and objectively); [phrase] chancellor, [phrase] command, commandment, decree, [phrase] regard, taste, wisdom.
• H2967 — טַרְפְּלַי (Ṭarpᵉlay, tar-pel-ah'-ee): (Aramaic) from a name of foreign derivation; a Tarpelite (collectively) or inhabitants of Tarpel, a place in Assyria; Tarpelites. y
• H3675 — כְּנָת (kᵉnâth, ken-awth'): (Aramaic) corresponding to כְּנָת; {a colleague (as having the same title)}; companion.
• H5613 — סָפֵר (çâphêr, saw-fare'): (Aramaic) from the same as סְפַר; a scribe (secular or sacred); scribe.
• H5962 — עַלְמִי (ʻAlmîy, al-mee'): (Aramaic) patrial from a name corresponding to עֵילָם contracted; an Elamite or inhabitant of Elam; Elamite.
• H7348 — רְחוּם (Rᵉchûwm, rekh-oom'): a form of רַחוּם; Rechum, the name of a Persian and of three Israelites; Rehum.
• H7606 — שְׁאָר (shᵉʼâr, sheh-awr'): (Aramaic) corresponding to שְׁאָר; {a remainder}; [idiom] whatsoever more, residue, rest.
• H7801 — שׁוּשַׁנְכִי (Shûwshankîy, shoo-shan-kee'): (Aramaic) of foreign origin; a Shushankite (collectively) or inhabitants of some unknown place in Assyrian; Susanchites.
• H8124 — שִׁמְשַׁי (Shimshay, shim-shah'-ee): (Aramaic) from שֶׁמֶשׁ; sunny; Shimshai, a Samaritan; Shimshai.

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

• H1768 — דִּי (dîy, dee): (Aramaic) apparently for דָּא; that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of; [idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.

Cross References

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

• Apharsathchites — Ezra 5:6, Ezra 6:6
• Elamites — Genesis 10:22, Isaiah 21:2, Jeremiah 25:25, Jeremiah 49:34, Ezekiel 32:24, Acts 2:9
• Susanchites — Esther 1:2, Esther 2:3, Daniel 8:2
• the Dinaites — 2 Kings 17:24, 2 Kings 17:30-31

Reciprocal references (7): Ezra 4:7, Ezra 4:8, Ezra 4:17, Ezra 4:23, Ezra 6:13, Nehemiah 4:2, Isaiah 23:13

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: SAMARIA, MODERN
• Nave’s: ACCUSATION, FALSE, APHARSATHCHITES, APHARSITES, ARCHEVITES, ARTAXERXES, AVA, BABYLON, BISHLAM, CHANCELLOR, COLONIZATION, DEHAVITES, GOVERNMENT, REHUM, SAMARIA, SHIMSHAI, SUSANCHITES, TARPELITES

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