Ezra 5:9
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?”
טְעֵם
properly, flavor; figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective); hence, account (both subjectively and objectively)
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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שְׁאֵל
we asked
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שְׁאֵל
{to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand}
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כְּנֵמָא
as follows
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כְּנֵמָא
so or thus
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