Ezra 5:6
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:”
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)}
דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ
Darius
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דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ
{Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings}
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שְׁלַח
he sent
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שְׁלַח
{to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)}
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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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תַּתְּנַי
Tattenai
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תַּתְּנַי
Tattenai, a Persian
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פַּרְשֶׁגֶן
the copy of
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פַּרְשֶׁגֶן
{a transcript}
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מֶלֶךְ
king/ the
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מֶלֶךְ
a king
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