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Ezra 4:12

“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.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יְדַעyᵉdaʻ · yed-ah'
H3046 · Aramaic

Definition: {to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)}
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3045 (יָדַע)
KJV renderings: certify, know, make known, teach.
Grammar: יְדִ֨יעַ֙ — verb Peil, passive participle, masculine, singular, absolute
Code AVQsmsa
Usage: Occurs 47 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 4:13 Ezra 4:14 Ezra 4:15 Ezra 4:16 Ezra 5:8

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יְדַע here.

Verse 11 Verse 13

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.