Revised Literal Translation
Ezra 4:7-8
7And in the daysוּבִימֵ֣יu.vi.MeiH3117of Artaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֗שְׂתָּא'ar.tach.Shas.ta'H783wroteכָּתַ֨בka.TavH3789Bishlamבִּשְׁלָ֜םbish.LamH1312,Mithredathמִתְרְדָ֤תmit.re.DatH4990,Tabeelטָֽבְאֵל֙ta.ve.'ElH2870,and the restוּשְׁאָ֣רu.she.'ArH7605of their companionsכְּנָוֹתָ֔יוke.na.vo.tovH3674,unto Artaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּ'ar.tach.shas.taH783kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Persiaפָּרָ֑סpa.RasH6539;and the writingוּכְתָב֙u.khe.TavH3791of the letterהַֽנִּשְׁתְּוָ֔ןha.nish.te.VanH5406waswrittenכָּת֥וּבka.TuvH3789in the Syrian tongueאֲרָמִ֖ית'a.ra.MitH762,and interpretedוּמְתֻרְגָּ֥םu.me.tur.GamH8638in the Syrian tongueאֲרָמִֽית׃ פ'a.ra.MitH762.
8Rehumרְח֣וּםre.ChumH7348the chancellorבְּעֵל־ טְעֵ֗םbe.'el- te.'EmH2942H1169and Shimshaiוְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ve.shim.ShaiH8124the scribeסָֽפְרָ֔אsa.fe.Ra'H5613wroteכְּתַ֛בוּke.Ta.vuH3790aחֲדָ֖הcha.DahH2298letterאִגְּרָ֥ה'i.ge.RahH104againstעַל־'al-H5922Jerusalemיְרוּשְׁלֶ֑םye.ru.she.LemH3390to Artaxerxesלְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּאle.'ar.tach.Shas.te'H783the kingמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430in this sortכְּנֵֽמָא׃ke.Ne.ma'H3660:
Commentaries on Ezra 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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