The Meaning of Ezra 4:12 Explained

Ezra 4:12

KJV: Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.

YLT: Be it known to the king, that the Jews who have come up from thee unto us, have come in to Jerusalem, the rebellious and base city they are building, and the walls they have finished, and the foundations they join.

Darby: Be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from thee unto us have come to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and they complete the walls and join up the foundations.

ASV: Be it known unto the king, that the Jews that came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations.

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KJV Reverse Interlinear

Be it  known  unto the king,  that the Jews  which  came up  from  thee  to us  are come  unto Jerusalem,  building  the rebellious  and the bad  city,  and have set up  {08675;03635:08720} the walls  [thereof], and joined  the foundations. 

What does Ezra 4:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Ezra 4:11-24 - The Enemy's Short-Lived Triumph
The promoters of this letter were descendants of the heathen colonists who had been sent into the land by the Assyrians, 2 Kings 17:24. It was written to the then reigning monarch, Artaxerxes, which Ezra seems to have copied from the records of Persia, because it stands in the original in the Chaldee language. Notice that now the Israelites are first called Jews, i.e., Judahites, Ezra 4:12. They urge that the Temple-building should be stayed for the king's own sake. Secret enmity to God's kingdom is often hidden under pretended devotion to Caesar, John 19:12. We, too, have our maintenance from the God of heaven, we have eaten the salt of the palace, Ezra 4:14; and we should never allow His name to be dishonored without doing our best to prevent it. The king was imposed upon by their representations, and ordered the work to cease. But it is probable that something was due to the supineness of the Jews, who were already half-hearted in their endeavors, Haggai 1:2-9. The rebuilding of the Temple stopped during the reigns of Cambyses and the Magia Smerdis; but in the second year of Darius Hystaspes it was recommenced, and was then finished in four years, or nineteen years after its commencement, Zechariah 8:9; Haggai 2:18. [source]

Chapter Summary: Ezra 4

1  The adversaries, being not accepted in the building of the temple with the Jews,
4  endeavor to hinder it
7  Their letter to Artaxerxes
17  The answer and decree of Artaxerxes
23  The building is hindered

What do the individual words in Ezra 4:12 mean?

Known let it be to king the that Jews who came up from you to us have come at Jerusalem city the rebellious and evil - - and [its] walls - are finishing - and foundations the repairing
יְדִ֙יעַ֙ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֗א דִּ֤י סְלִ֙קוּ֙ מִן־ לְוָתָ֔ךְ עֲלֶ֥ינָא אֲת֖וֹ לִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם קִרְיְתָ֨א מָֽרָדְתָּ֤א [ובאישתא] (וּבִֽישְׁתָּא֙‪‬) בָּנַ֔יִן [ושורי] (וְשׁוּרַיָּ֣א) [אשכללו] (שַׁכְלִ֔ילוּ) וְאֻשַּׁיָּ֖א יַחִֽיטוּ

יְדִ֙יעַ֙  Known 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: יְדַע  
Sense: to know.
לֶהֱוֵ֣א  let  it  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הֲוָה  
Sense: to come to pass, become, be.
לְמַלְכָּ֔א  to  king  the 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular determinate
Root: מֶלֶךְ  
Sense: king.
דִּ֣י  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: דִּי  
Sense: who, which, that mark of genitive.
יְהוּדָיֵ֗א  Jews 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָי  
Sense: Jew.
סְלִ֙קוּ֙  came  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine plural
Root: סְלַק  
Sense: to ascend, come up.
עֲלֶ֥ינָא  to  us 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
Root: עַל  
Sense: upon, over, on account of, above, to, against.
אֲת֖וֹ  have  come 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֲתָה  
Sense: to come, arrive.
לִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם  at  Jerusalem 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְרוּשְׁלֶם  
Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.
קִרְיְתָ֨א  city  the 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular determinate
Root: קִרְיָה  
Sense: city.
מָֽרָדְתָּ֤א  rebellious 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular determinate
Root: מָרָד  
Sense: rebellious.
[ובאישתא]  and  evil 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, feminine singular determinate
Root: בִּאישׁ  
Sense: evil, bad, be evil.
(וּבִֽישְׁתָּא֙‪‬)  - 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural determinate
בָּנַ֔יִן  - 
Parse:
[ושורי]  and  [its]  walls 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural determinate
Root: שׁוּר  
Sense: wall.
(וְשׁוּרַיָּ֣א)  - 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Perfect, third person masculine plural
[אשכללו]  are  finishing 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine plural
Root: כְּלַל  
Sense: to finish, complete.
(שַׁכְלִ֔ילוּ)  - 
Parse:
וְאֻשַּׁיָּ֖א  and  foundations  the 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural determinate
Root: אֹשׁ  
Sense: foundation.
יַחִֽיטוּ  repairing 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חוּט  
Sense: (Aphel) to repair, join.

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