Ezra 5:6

פַּרְשֶׁגֶן אִגַּרְתָּא דִּֽי ־ שְׁלַח תַּתְּנַי ׀ פַּחַת עֲבַֽר ־ נַהֲרָה וּשְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי וּכְנָוָתֵהּ אֲפַרְסְכָיֵא דִּי בַּעֲבַר נַהֲרָה עַל ־ דָּרְיָוֶשׁ מַלְכָּֽא ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:

In Context

5וְעֵין אֱלָהֲהֹם הֲוָת עַל ־ שָׂבֵי יְהוּדָיֵא וְלָא ־ בַטִּלוּ הִמּוֹ עַד ־ טַעְמָא לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ יְהָךְ וֶאֱדַיִן יְתִיבוּן נִשְׁתְּוָנָא עַל ־ דְּנָֽה ׃ פ

7פִּתְגָמָא שְׁלַחוּ עֲלוֹהִי וְכִדְנָה כְּתִיב בְּגַוֵּהּ לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ מַלְכָּא שְׁלָמָא כֹֽלָּא ׃ ס

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Cross References

Ezra 4:11דְּנָה פַּרְשֶׁגֶן אִגַּרְתָּא דִּי שְׁלַחוּ עֲלוֹהִי עַל ־ אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא מַלְכָּא עַבְדֶיךְ אֱנָשׁ עֲבַֽר ־ נַהֲרָה וּכְעֶֽנֶת ׃ פ

Ezra 5:3בֵּהּ ־ זִמְנָא אֲתָא עֲלֵיהוֹן תַּתְּנַי פַּחַת עֲבַֽר ־ נַהֲרָה וּשְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי וּכְנָוָתְהוֹן וְכֵן אָמְרִין לְהֹם מַן ־ שָׂם לְכֹם טְעֵם בַּיְתָא דְנָה לִבְּנֵא וְאֻשַּׁרְנָא דְנָה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה ׃ ס

Matthew Henry on Ezra 5:4-17

The Case Represented to Darius. ( b. c. 519.) 3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall? 4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building? 5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer… Read the whole commentary →

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