The Meaning of Ezra 4:21 Explained

Ezra 4:21

KJV: Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.

YLT: 'Now, make ye a decree to cause these men to cease, and this city is not builded, till by me a decree is made.

Darby: Now give order to make these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until the order shall be given from me;

ASV: Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me.

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What is the context of Ezra 4:21?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until [another] commandment shall be given from me.

What does Ezra 4:21 Mean?

Study Notes

Give
Chald. make a new decree.

Context Summary

Ezra 4:11-24 - The Enemy's Short-Lived Triumph

The promoters of this letter were descendants of the heathen colonists who had been sent into the land by the Assyrians, 2 Kings 17:24. It was written to the then reigning monarch, Artaxerxes, which Ezra seems to have copied from the records of Persia, because it stands in the original in the Chaldee language. Notice that now the Israelites are first called Jews, i.e., Judahites, Ezra 4:12. They urge that the Temple-building should be stayed for the king's own sake. Secret enmity to God's kingdom is often hidden under pretended devotion to Caesar, John 19:12. We, too, have our maintenance from the God of heaven, we have eaten the salt of the palace, Ezra 4:14; and we should never allow His name to be dishonored without doing our best to prevent it. The king was imposed upon by their representations, and ordered the work to cease. But it is probable that something was due to the supineness of the Jews, who were already half-hearted in their endeavors, Haggai 1:2-9. The rebuilding of the Temple stopped during the reigns of Cambyses and the Magia Smerdis; but in the second year of Darius Hystaspes it was recommenced, and was then finished in four years, or nineteen years after its commencement, Zechariah 8:9; Haggai 2:18. [source]

Chapter Summary: Ezra 4

¹ The adversaries, being not accepted in the building of the temple with the Jews,
⁴ endeavor to hinder it
⁷ Their letter to Artaxerxes
¹⁷ The answer and decree of Artaxerxes
²³ The building is hindered

What do the individual words in Ezra 4:21 mean?

Now give the command to make cease men these that city this not may be built until by me command the is given

כְּעַן֙ שִׂ֣ימוּ טְּעֵ֔ם לְבַטָּלָ֖א גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֑ךְ וְקִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ לָ֣א תִתְבְּנֵ֔א עַד־ מִנִּ֖י טַעְמָ֥א יִתְּשָֽׂם

כְּעַן֙	Now
Parse: Adverb Root: כְּעַן Sense: now, at this time, until now.
שִׂ֣ימוּ	give
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural Root: שִׂים Sense: to set, make, appoint.
טְּעֵ֔ם	the command
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: טְעֵם Sense: decree, taste, judgment, command.
לְבַטָּלָ֖א	to make cease
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct Root: בְּטַל Sense: (P’al) to cease.
גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א	men
Parse: Noun, masculine plural determinate Root: גְּבַר Sense: a man, a certain (one).
אִלֵּ֑ךְ	these
Parse: Pronoun, common plural Root: אִלֵּךְ Sense: these, those.
וְקִרְיְתָ֥א	that city
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular determinate Root: קִרְיָה Sense: city.
דָךְ֙	this
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular Root: דֵּךְ Sense: this.
תִתְבְּנֵ֔א	may be built
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: בְּנָה Sense: to build.
עַד־	until
Parse: Preposition Root: עַד Sense: even to, until, up to, during conj.
מִנִּ֖י	by me
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular Root: מִן Sense: from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than.
טַעְמָ֥א	command the
Parse: Noun, masculine singular determinate Root: טְעֵם Sense: taste, judgment, command.
יִתְּשָֽׂם	is given
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שִׂים Sense: to set, make, appoint.

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