Original Language Studio
Ezra 4:8
“Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
רְחוּםRᵉchûwm · rekh-oom'
H7348 · Aramaic
H7348 · Aramaic
- Definition
- Rechum, the name of a Persian and of three Israelites
- Derivation
- a form of H7349 (רַחוּם);
- KJV renderings
- Rehum.
- Grammar
- רְח֣וּם — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 8 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 2:2Ezra 4:9Ezra 4:17Ezra 4:23Nehemiah 3:17
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 רְחוּם here.
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.