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Ezra 6:3
“In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H8140 · Aramaic
- Definition
- {a year (as a revolution of time)}
- Derivation
- (Aramaic) corresponding to H8141 (שָׁנֶה)
- KJV renderings
- year.
- Grammar
- בִּ — preposition
- שְׁנַ֨ת — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 7 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 4:24Ezra 5:11Ezra 5:13Ezra 6:15Daniel 6:1
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 שְׁנָה 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.