Ezra 5:3
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?”
עֲבַר
{properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east)}
עַל
to/ them
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עַל
{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}
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טְעֵם
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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שׂוּם
did he make
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שׂוּם
{to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)}
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מָן
who?
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מָן
who or what (properly, interrogatively, hence, also indefinitely and relatively)
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בַּיִת
house/ the
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בַּיִת
{a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)}
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פֶּחָה
the governor of
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פֶּחָה
{a prefect (of a city or small district)}
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שְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי
Bozenai
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שְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי
Shethar-Bozenai, a Persian officer
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נְהַר
river/ the
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נְהַר
a river, especially the Euphrates
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זְמָן
time/ the
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זְמָן
{an appointed occasion}
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תַּתְּנַי
Tattenai
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תַּתְּנַי
Tattenai, a Persian
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