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Ezra 5:9

“Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אֱדַיִןʼĕdayin · ed-ah'-yin
H116 · Aramaic

Definition: then (of time)
Derivation: (Aramaic) of uncertain derivation;
KJV renderings: now, that time, then.
Grammar: אֱדַ֗יִן — adverb
Code AD
Usage: Occurs 57 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 4:9 Ezra 4:23 Ezra 4:24 Ezra 5:2 Ezra 5:4

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 אֱדַיִן here.

Verse 8 Verse 10

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.