Ezra 6:8
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.”
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)}
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
it is made
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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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יְהַב
given
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יְהַב
{to give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come}
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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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שִׂיב
the elders of
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שִׂיב
{properly, to become aged, i.e. (by implication) to grow gray}
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יְהוּדָאִי
Jews/ the
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יְהוּדָאִי
a Jehudaite (or Judaite), i.e. Jew
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נְהַר
river/ the
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נְהַר
a river, especially the Euphrates
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עֲבַד
you will do
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עֲבַד
to do, make, prepare, keep, etc.
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נִפְקָא
expense/ the
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נִפְקָא
an outgo, i.e. expense
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מִדָּה
is the tribute of
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מִדָּה
tribute in money
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מֶלֶךְ
king/ the
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מֶלֶךְ
a king
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