Ezra 5:8
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.”
יְדַע
{to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)}
מְדִינָה
province/ the
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מְדִינָה
{properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region}
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שׂוּם
is being set
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שׂוּם
{to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)}
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הָוָא
let it be
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הָוָא
to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)
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עֲבַד
is being done
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עֲבַד
to do, make, prepare, keep, etc.
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גְּלָל
rolling
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גְּלָל
weight or size (as if rolled)
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רַב
the/ great
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רַב
{abundant}
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בְּנָא
is being built
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בְּנָא
to build
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