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Ezra 4:18

“The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נִשְׁתְּוָןnishtᵉvân · nish-tev-awn'
H5407 · Aramaic

Definition: {an epistle}
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H5406 (נִשְׁתְּוָן)
KJV renderings: letter.
Grammar: נִשְׁתְּוָנָ֕ — common noun, masculine, singular, determined
א — particle (definite article)
Code ANcmsd/Td
Usage: Occurs 3 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 4:23 Ezra 5:5

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 נִשְׁתְּוָן here.

Verse 17 Verse 19

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.