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Ezra 5:11

And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

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וּכְנֵ֥מָאukhenemaand soכְּנֵמָאconjunction, adverb — “and so”H3660so or thusso, (in) this manner (sort), thus.פִתְגָמָ֖אfitgamaanswerפִּתְגָּםnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “answer”, the definite formH6600a word, answer, letter or decreeanswer, letter, matter, word.הֲתִיב֣וּנָאhativunaanswerתּוּבverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “answer”, a completed actionH8421specifically (transitive and ellip.) to replyanswer, restore, return (an answer).לְמֵמַ֑רlememarto sayאֲמַרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to say”, the to-form of the verbH560{to say (used with great latitude)}command, declare, say, speak, tell.אֲנַ֣חְנָאanachnaweאֲנַחְנָאpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, plural — “we”H586wewe.הִמּ֡וֹhimvothemהִמּוֹparticle, affirmation — “them”H1994they[idiom] are, them, those.עַבְדוֹהִי֩avdohiservantעֲבַדnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5649a servantservant.דִֽיdithatדִּיparticle, relative — “that”H1768that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of[idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.אֱלָ֨הּelahGodאֱלָהּnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “God”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH426GodGod, god.שְׁמַיָּ֜אshemayaheavenשָׁמַיִןnoun, common, masculine, plural, determined, definite article — “heaven”, the definite formH8065{the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)}heaven.וְאַרְעָ֗אvearaand earthאֲרַעconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, determined, definite article — “and earth”, the definite formH772the earth; by implication (figuratively) lowearth, interior.וּבָנַ֤יִןuvanayinand buildבְּנָאconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and build”, a verb used as a describing wordH1124to buildbuild, make.בַּיְתָא֙baytahouseבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “house”, the definite formH1005{a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)}house.דִּֽיdithatדִּיparticle, relative — “that”H1768that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of[idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.הֲוָ֨אhavabecomeהָוָאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “become”, a completed actionH1934to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)be, become, [phrase] behold, [phrase] came (to pass), [phrase] cease, [phrase] cleave, [phrase] consider, [phrase] do, [phrase] give, [phrase] have, [phrase] judge, [phrase] keep, [phrase] labour, [phrase] mingle (self), [phrase] put, [phr…בְנֵ֜הvenehbuildבְּנָאverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “build”, a verb used as a describing wordH1124to buildbuild, make.מִקַּדְמַ֤תmiqadmatfrom aforeקַדְמָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “from afore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6928former timeafore(-time), ago.דְּנָה֙denahthisדֵּןpronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “this”H1836this(afore-) time, [phrase] after this manner, here (-after), one...another, such, there(-fore), these, this (matter), [phrase] thus, where(-fore), which.שְׁנִ֣יןsheninyearשְׁנָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8140{a year (as a revolution of time)}year.שַׂגִּיאָ֔ןsagianexceedingשַׂגִּיאadjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “exceeding”, the ordinary formH7690large (in size, quantity or number, also adverbial)exceeding, great(-ly); many, much, sore, very.וּמֶ֤לֶךְumelekhand kingמֶלֶךְconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and king”, the ordinary formH4430a kingking, royal.לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙leyisraelto Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Israel”H3479{Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity}Israel.רַ֔בravcaptainרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “captain”, the ordinary formH7229{abundant}captain, chief, great, lord, master, stout.בְּנָ֖הִיbenahibuildבְּנָאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “build”, a completed actionH1124to buildbuild, make.וְשַׁכְלְלֵֽהּveshakhlelehand finishכְּלַלconjunction, verb, shaphel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and finish”, a completed actionH3635to completefinish, make (set) up.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thus they returned us answer, saying: We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and finished.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and finished.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And thus they have returned us word, saying, We [are] servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built many years before this, that a great king of Israel built and finished:

World English Bible

Thus they returned us answer, saying, “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

Darby Translation

And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of the heavens and the earth, and build the house that was built these many years ago; and a great king of Israel built and completed it.

Douay-Rheims

And they answered us in these words, saying: We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building a temple that was built these many years ago, and which a great king of Israel built and set up.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they answered us thus, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which had been built many years before this, and a great king of Israel built it, and established it for them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ τοιοῦτο τὸ ῥῆμα ἀπεκρίθησαν ἡμῖν, λέγοντες, ἡμεῖς ἐσμὲν δοῦλοι τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ οἰκοδομοῦμεν τὸν οἶκον ὃς ἦν ᾠκοδομημένος πρὸ τούτου ἔτη πολλὰ, καὶ βασιλεὺς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ μέγας ᾠκοδόμησεν αὐτὸν, καὶ κατηρτίσατο αὐτὸν αὐτοῖς.