Ezra 4:3
But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.Ezra 4:3 in the real world
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In what words
- כּוֹרֶשׁKôwreshKoresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king
- זְרֻבָּבֶלZᵉrubbâbelZerubbabel, an Israelite
- פָּרַסPâraçParas (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants
- שְׁאָרshᵉʼâra remainder
- יֵשׁוּעַYêshûwaʻJeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine
- יַחַדyachadproperly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
- בָּנָהbânâhto build (literally and figuratively)
- רֹאשׁrôʼshthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Neh 2:20, Act 8:21, Mat 10:16, Rom 9:4–5, 3Jn 1:9–10, Jhn 4:22–23, 2Ch 36:22–1:3, Ezr 6:3–5