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Ezra 4:8 Interlinear

“Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote letter a against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	רְח֣וּם	H7348	Rehum	rechum, the name of a persian
2	בְּעֵל	H1169	the chancellor	a master; hence, a husband
3	טְעֵ֗ם	H2942		properly, flavor; figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective); hence, account (both subjectively and objectively)
4	וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙	H8124	and Shimshai	shimshai, a samaritan
5	סָֽפְרָ֔א	H5613	the scribe	a scribe (secular or sacred)
6	כְּתַ֛בוּ	H3790	wrote	to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
7	אִגְּרָ֥ה	H104	letter	an epistle (as carried by a state courier or postman)
8	חֲדָ֖ה	H2298	a	as card. one; as article single; as an ordinal, first; adverbially, at once
9	עַל	H5922	against	above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
10	יְרֽוּשְׁלֶ֑ם	H3390	Jerusalem	jerusalem
11	לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּא	H783	to Artaxerxes	artachshasta (or artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several persian kings
12	מַלְכָּ֖א	H4430	the king	a king
13	כְּנֵֽמָא׃	H3660	in this sort	so or thus

Ezra 4:8 (current)Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote letter a against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort