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Ezra 5:13

“But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

בְּרַםbᵉram · ber-am'
H1297 · Aramaic
Definition
properly, highly, i.e. surely; but used adversatively, however
Derivation
(Aramaic) perhaps from H7313 (רוּם) with a prepositional prefix;
KJV renderings
but, nevertheless, yet.
Grammar
  • בְּרַם֙ — conjunction
Code AC
Usage
Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.Daniel 2:28Daniel 4:12Daniel 4:20Daniel 5:17

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 בְּרַם here.

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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.