עֶזְרָא

Biblical Aramaic

Ezra — used 3 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Ezra tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֶזְרָא: n.pr.m. Ezra tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. Ezra (BH id.);—Ezr 7:12, 21, 25.

Jastrow 1903

עֶזְרָא: Ezra tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(b. h.) pr. n. m. Ezra, 1) the priest and scribe. the priest and scribe. Succ. 20ᵃ כשנשתכחה … עלה ע׳ מבבל ויסדה when the Law was forgotten in Israel, Ezra came from Babylonia and re-established it. Ber. 27ᵇ; Men. 53ᵃ עשירי לע׳ a descendant of Ezra in the tenth generation. Meg. 15ᵃ מלאכי זה ע׳ Malachi is Ezra; a. v. fr.—(ספר) ע׳ the Book of Ezra (and Nehemiah). B. Bath. 14ᵇ.—[M. Kat. III, 4 (18ᵇ) ספר ע׳, v. עֲזָרָה.] name of several Amoraim. Men. l. c.—Y. Erub. II, beg. 19ᵈ. Y. Taan. IV, 68ᶜ top עֶזְרָה; a. fr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Ezra (2); O Ezra (1).

In the verses

Ezra 7:12 · tree →

אַ֨רְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא מֶ֖לֶךְ מַלְכַיָּ֑א לְעֶזְרָ֣א כָ֠הֲנָא סָפַ֨ר דָּתָ֜א דִּֽי־אֱלָ֧הּ שְׁמַיָּ֛א גְּמִ֖יר וּכְעֶֽנֶת׃

Word for word: Artaxerxes the.king of.(the) kings to Ezra the priest the.scribe of the.law (diy).of the.God of the.heavens perfect and now

JPS 1917: 'Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, and so forth.

Ezra 7:21 · tree →

וּ֠מִנִּי אֲנָ֞ה אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא מַלְכָּא֙ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵ֔ם לְכֹל֙ גִּזַּֽבְרַיָּ֔א דִּ֖י בַּעֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֑ה דִּ֣י כָל־דִּ֣י יִ֠שְׁאֲלֶנְכוֹן עֶזְרָ֨א כָהֲנָ֜ה סָפַ֤ר דָּתָא֙ דִּֽי־אֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֔א אָסְפַּ֖רְנָא יִתְעֲבִֽד׃

Word for word: and from me I Artaxerxes the king it.is.made a.decree to all the treasurers who [are].in the.region.beyond the river (diy).that all that he will.ask.you.for Ezra the priest the.scribe of the.law (diy).of the.God of the.heavens diligently let.it.be.done

JPS 1917: And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers that are beyond the River, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence,

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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