KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“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.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Artaxerxes,” | אַ֨רְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא | Artachshasta (or Artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings | Artaxerxes |
| “king” | מֶ֖לֶךְ | A king | king |
| “of kings,” | מַלְכַיָּ֑א | A king | kings |
| “unto Ezra” | לְעֶזְרָ֣א | Ezra, an Israelite | Ezra |
| “the priest,” | כָֽ֠הֲנָא | One officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) | priest |
| “a scribe” | סָפַ֨ר | A scribe (secular or sacred) | scribe |
| “of the law” | דָּתָ֜א | A royal edict or statute | law |
| “of” | דִּֽי | That, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of | of |
| “the God” | אֱלָ֧הּ | God | God |
| “of heaven,” | שְׁמַיָּ֛א | 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 |
| “perfect” | גְּמִ֖יר | To end (in the sense of completion or failure) | perfect |
| “peace,” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “and at such a time.” | וּכְעֶֽנֶת׃ | Thus (only in the formula 'and so forth') | such time |
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10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
11 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.
12 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.
13 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.
14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellers, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;
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