Ezra 7:12

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Ezra 7:12


← Ezra 7:11 Ezra 7:12 (KJV) Ezra 7:13 →
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

ArtaxerxesH783, kingH4430 of kingsH4430, unto EzraH5831 the priestH3549, a scribeH5613 of the lawH1882 of the GodH426 of heavenH8065, perfectH1585 peace, and at such a timeH3706.


Original Hebrew

אַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא מֶלֶךְ מַלְכַיָּא לְעֶזְרָא כָהֲנָא סָפַר דָּתָא דִּי־אֱלָהּ שְׁמַיָּא גְּמִיר וּכְעֶנֶת׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
אַ֨רְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא
'ar.tach.Shast' H783 ANp Artaxerxes
מֶ֖לֶךְ
Me.lekh H4430 ANcmsc (the) king of
מַלְכַיָּ֑/א
mal.khai.Ya/' H4430 ANcmpd/Td (the)/ kings
לְ/עֶזְרָ֣א
le./'ez.Ra' H5831 AR/Np to/ Ezra
כָ֠הֲנָ/א
Kha.ha.na/' H3549 ANcmsd/Td priest/ the
סָפַ֨ר
sa.Far H5613 ANcmsc (the) scribe of
דָּתָ֜/א
da.Ta/' H1882 ANcfsd/Td law/ the
דִּֽי
di- H1768 ATr of
אֱלָ֧הּ
'e.Lah H426 ANcmsc (the) God of
שְׁמַיָּ֛/א
she.mai.Ya/' H8065 ANcmpd/Td heavens/ the
גְּמִ֖יר
ge.Mir H1585 AVQsmsa perfect
וּ/כְעֶֽנֶת
u./khe.'E.net H3706 AC/D and/ now
Strong's References
  • H426 — אֱלָהּ (ʼĕlâhh, el-aw'): (Aramaic) corresponding to אֱלוֹהַּ (ʼĕlôwahh) H433; God; God, god.
  • H783 — אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתָּא (ʼArtachshashtâʼ, ar-takh-shash-taw'): or אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתְּא (ʼArtachshashtᵉʼ); or by permutation אַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא (ʼArtachshaçtᵉʼ); of foreign origin; Artachshasta (or Artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings; Artaxerxes.
  • H1585 — גְּמַר (gᵉmar, ghem-ar'): (Aramaic) corresponding to גָּמַר (gâmar) H1584; to end (in the sense of completion or failure); perfect.
  • H1882 — דָּת (dâth, dawth): (Aramaic) corresponding to דָּת (dâth) H1881; a royal edict or statute; decree, law.
  • H3549 — כָּהֵן (kâhên, kaw-hane'): (Aramaic) corresponding to כֹּהֵן (kôhên) H3548; one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman); priest.
  • H3706 — כְּעֶנֶת (kᵉʻeneth, keh-eh'-neth): (Aramaic) or כְּעֶת (kᵉʻeth); (Aramaic), feminine of כְּעַן (kᵉʻan) H3705; thus (only in the formula 'and so forth'); at such a time.
  • H4430 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): (Aramaic) corresponding to מֶלֶךְ (melek) H4428; a king; king, royal.
  • H5613 — סָפֵר (çâphêr, saw-fare'): (Aramaic) from the same as סְפַר (çᵉphar) H5609; a scribe (secular or sacred); scribe.
  • H5831 — עֶזְרָא (ʻEzrâʼ, ez-raw'): (Aramaic) corresponding to עֶזְרָא (ʻEzrâʼ) H5830; Ezra, an Israelite; Ezra.
  • H8065 — שָׁמַיִן (shâmayin, shaw-mah'-yin): (Aramaic) corresponding to שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim) H8064; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); heaven.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H1768 — דִּי (dîy, dee): (Aramaic) apparently for דָּא (dâʼ) H1668; that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of; [idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.
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