Ezra 5:3
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
פֶּחָה
pechâh
a prefect (of a city or small district)
פֵּאָה
pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
שְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי
Shᵉthar Bôwzᵉnay
Shethar-Bozenai, a Persian officer
כְּנָת
kᵉnâth
{a colleague (as having the same title)}
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Key Terms in This Verse
שְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי Shᵉthar Bôwzᵉnay
Shethar-Bozenai, a Persian officer
Study H8370 →נַחַל nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Study H5158 →פֵּאָה pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
Study H6285 →Cross References
Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you,...
Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this autho...
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