Ezra 5:12
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.”
שָׁמַיִן
{the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)}
כַּסְדַּי
Chaldean/ the
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כַּסְדַּי
{a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people}
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גְּלָה
he took into exile
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גְּלָה
{to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal}
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יְהַב
he gave
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יְהַב
{to give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come}
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רְגַז
they enraged
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רְגַז
{to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear)}
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נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר
Nebuchadnezzar
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נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר
{Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon}
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סְתַר
he destroyed/ it
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סְתַר
to conceal; figuratively, to demolish
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מֶלֶךְ
the king of
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מֶלֶךְ
a king
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