Ezra 4:23
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתָּא
ʼArtachshashtâʼ
Artachshasta (or Artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings
אִגְּרָא
ʼiggᵉrâʼ
an epistle (as carried by a state courier or postman)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
רְחוּם
Rᵉchûwm
Rechum, the name of a Persian and of three Israelites
סָפַר
çâphar
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
כְּנָת
kᵉnâth
{a colleague (as having the same title)}
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
חוּשׁ
chûwsh
to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
יְהוּדִי
Yᵉhûwdîy
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
שָׁבַת
shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Key Terms in This Verse
אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתָּא ʼArtachshashtâʼ
Artachshasta (or Artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings
Study H783 →סָפַר çâphar
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
Study H5608 →חוּשׁ chûwsh
to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment
Study H2363 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →Cross References
Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a ...
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
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