Ezra 5:17
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. ”
עַל
{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}
טְעֵם
is a decree
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טְעֵם
properly, flavor; figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective); hence, account (both subjectively and objectively)
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דִּי
is that
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דִּי
that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of
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בְּקַר
let it be searched
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בְּקַר
{properly, to plough, or (generally) break forth, i.e. (figuratively) to inspect, admire, care for, consider}
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שׂוּם
it was made
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שׂוּם
{to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)}
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בַּיִת
the house of
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בַּיִת
{a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)}
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שְׁלַח
let him send
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שְׁלַח
{to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)}
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הֵן
if
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הֵן
lo! also there(-fore), (un-) less, whether, but, if
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כּוֹרֶשׁ
Cyrus
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כּוֹרֶשׁ
{Koresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king}
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גְּנַז
treasures/ the
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גְּנַז
treasure
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מֶלֶךְ
king/ the
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מֶלֶךְ
a king
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