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NASB					Ezra 5:3 ¶ At that time²¹⁶⁶ ^ATattenai⁸⁶⁷⁴, the governor⁶³⁴⁷ of the province beyond⁵⁶⁷⁵ the ¹River⁵¹⁰³, and Shethar-bozenai⁸³⁷⁰ and their colleagues³⁶⁷⁵ came⁸⁵⁸ to them and spoke⁵⁶⁰ to them thus³⁶⁵², "^BWho⁴⁴⁷⁹ issued⁷⁷⁶¹ you a decree²⁹⁴² to rebuild¹¹²⁴ this¹⁸³⁶ ²temple¹⁰⁰⁵ and to finish³⁶³⁵ this¹⁸³⁶ structure⁸⁴⁶?"
AMPLIFIED 2015					Ezra 5:3 ¶ At that time Tattenai, the governor of the province ¹on the west side of the [Euphrates] River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues came to them and said, "Who ²issued you a decree and authorized you to rebuild this temple and to restore this wall (shrine)?"

NASB Translator's Notes:
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I.e. Euphrates River, and so throughout the ch

Lit house, and so in vv 9, 11, 12

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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Lit beyond and so throughout.

Seventeen or eighteen years had passed since Cyrus issued his decree.

NASB Cross References:
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Ezra 6:6 ¶ "Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai and your colleagues, the officials of the provinces beyond the River, keep away from there.

Ezra 1:3 'Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! Let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah and rebuild the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.

Hebrew-Aramaic & Greek Dictionary:
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Greek Heb.

560

amar (1081a); (Ara.) corr. to 559; to say, tell, command:--command is given(1), commanded(2), declared(1), gave orders(8), giving orders(1), related(3), said(27), said*(1), say(2), saying(2), speak(1), speaks(1), spoke(7), tell(6), told(2).

846

ushsharna (1083b); (Ara.) of unc. der.; perh. a wall:--structure(2).

858

athah or
atha (1083c); (Ara.) corr. to 857; to come:--bring(2), brought(7), came(3), come(3), coming(1).

1005

bayith (1084c); (Ara.) corr. to 1004; a house:--archives*(1), hall(1), house(30), houses(2), residence(1), temple(7), treasury(1).

1124

bena or
benah (1084d); (Ara.) corr. to 1129; to build:--building(2), built(4), rebuild(6), rebuilding(3), rebuilt(5), reconstructing(1), under construction(1).

1836

denah (1088d); (Ara.) a prim. pron.; this:--one another*(1), therefore*(6), this(42), thus(2).

2166

zeman (1091c); (Ara.) corr. to 2165; time:--appointed period(1), epochs(1), time(6), times(3).

2942

teem (1094c); (Ara.) from 2939; taste, judgment, command:--accountable(1), command(1), commanded*(1), commander*(3), decree(18), discernment(1), disregarded*(1), orders(1), report(1), tasted(1).

3635

kelal (1097a); (Ara.) corr. to 3634; to complete:--finish(2), finished(4), finishing(1).

3652

ken (1097b); (Ara.) corr. to 3651; thus, as follows:--follows(5), thus(3).

3675

kenath (1097c); (Ara.) corr. to 3674; an associate:--colleagues(7).

4479

man (1100d); (Ara.) corr. to 4478b; who?:--what(2), who(2), whoever(2), whom*(1), whomever*(3).

5103

nehar (1102c); (Ara.) corr. to 5104; a river:--river(15).

5675

abar (1105a); (Ara.) corr. to 5676; region across or beyond:--beyond(12), region beyond(2).

6347

pechah (1108b); (Ara.) corr. to 6346; a governor:--governor(6), governors(4).

7761

sum or
sim (1113d); (Ara.) corr. to 7760; to set, make:--appointed(1), disregarded*(1), gave(1), issue(3), issued(11), laid(2), made(2), make(2), pays...attention(1), set(1).

8370

Shethar Bozenay (1117c); (Ara.) of for. or.; a Pers. official:--Shethar-bozenai(4).

8674

Tattenay (1118d); (Ara.) of for. or.; a Pers. prefect:--Tattenai(4).

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