Ezra · עֶזְרָא

Ezra 5:9

אֱדַ֙יִן֙ שְׁאֵ֣לְנָא לְשָׂבַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֔ך כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְהֹ֑ום מַ֣ן שָׂ֣ם לְכֹ֣ון טְעֵ֡ם בַּיְתָ֡א דְנָ֡ה לְמִבְנֵ֡א וְשׁוּרָ֡ה דְנָ֡ה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה׃
ʾedayin shʾelnaʾ lshabayaʾ ʾilek knemaʾ ʾamarnaʾ lhovm man sham lkovn ṭʿem baytaʾ dnah lmibneʾ vshvrah dnah lshaklalah
King James Version (KJV)

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

Modern English

Then we asked those elders and spoke to them thus: Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this wall?

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