Ezra 5:11
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And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.
In other translations
And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.
Hebrew words
וּכְנֵמָאukhenema'and as followsH3660פִתְגָמָאfitgama'word theH6600הֲתִיבוּנָאhativuna'they sent back to usH8421לְמֵמַרlememarto sayH560אֲנַחְנָא'anachna'weH586הִמּוֹhimotheyH1994עַבְדוֹהִיavdohi[are] servants hisH5649דִי־di-ofH1768אֱלָהּ'elah[the] God ofH426שְׁמַיָּאshemaiya'heavens theH8065וְאַרְעָאve'ar'a'and earth theH772וּבָנַיִןuvanayinand [we are] buildingH1124בַּיְתָאbayta'house theH1005דִּי־di-whichH1768הֲוָאhava'it wasH1934בְנֵהvenehbuiltH1124מִקַּדְמַתmikadmatfrom [the] former time ofH6928דְּנָהdenahthisH1836שְׁנִיןsheninyearsH8140שַׂגִּיאָןsagi'anmanyH7690וּמֶלֶךְumelekhand a kingH4430לְיִשְׂרָאֵלleyisra'elof IsraelH3479רַבravgreatH7229בְּנָהִיbenahihe built itH1124וְשַׁכְלְלֵהּ׃veshakhlelehand he finished itH3635
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