King James Version

Ezra 5:7

They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.

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פִּתְגָמָ֖אpitgamaanswerפִּתְגָּםnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “answer”, the definite formH6600a word, answer, letter or decreeanswer, letter, matter, word.שְׁלַ֣חוּshelachvsendשְׁלַחverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “send”, a completed actionH7972{to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)}put, send.עֲל֑וֹהִיalohiagainstעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “against”H5922{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}about, against, concerning, for, (there-) fore, from, in, [idiom] more, of, (there-, up-) on, (in-) to, [phrase] why with.וְכִדְנָה֙vekhidnahand as thisדֵּןconjunction, preposition, pronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “and as this”H1836this(afore-) time, [phrase] after this manner, here (-after), one...another, such, there(-fore), these, this (matter), [phrase] thus, where(-fore), which.כְּתִ֣יבketivwriteכְּתַבverb, qal passive, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “write”, a completed actionH3790{to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)}write(-ten).בְּגַוֵּ֔הּbegavehin midstגַּוpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in midst”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1459the middlemidst, same, there-(where-) in.לְדָרְיָ֥וֶשׁledareyaveshto Dariusדָּֽרְיָוֵשׁpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Darius”H1868{Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings}Darius.מַלְכָּ֖אmalkakingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “king”, the definite formH4430a kingking, royal.שְׁלָמָ֥אshelamapeaceשְׁלָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “peace”, the definite formH8001prosperitypeace.כֹֽלָּאkholaallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “all”, the definite formH3606{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}all, any, + (forasmuch) as, + be-(for this) cause, every, + no (manner, -ne), + there (where) -fore, + though, what (where, who) -soever, (the) whole.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

they sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus: 'Unto Darius the king, all peace.

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American Standard Version (1901)

they sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus: Unto Darius the king, all peace.

Young’s Literal Translation

A letter they have sent unto him, and thus is it written in it:

World English Bible

They sent a letter to him, in which was written: To Darius the king, all peace.

Darby Translation

They sent a report to him in which was written thus: To Darius the king, all peace!

Douay-Rheims

The letter which they sent him, was written thus: To Darius the king all peace.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

they sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus: 'Unto Darius the king, all peace.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They sent an account to him, and thus it was written in it: All peace to king Darius.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ῥήμασιν ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτόν· καὶ τάδε γέγραπται ἐν αὐτῷ·