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Ezra 6:2

And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:

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וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֣חvehishtekhachand findשְׁכַחconjunction, verb, hothpaal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and find”, a completed actionH7912to discover (literally or figuratively)find.בְּאַחְמְתָ֗אbeachmetain Achmethaאַחְמְתָאpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Achmetha”H307Achmetha (i.e. Ecbatana), the summer capital of PersiaAchmetha.בְּבִֽירְתָ֛אbeviretain palaceבִּירָאpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, determined, definite article — “in palace”, the definite formH1001a palacepalace.דִּ֛יdithatדִּיparticle, 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.בְּמָדַ֥יbemadayin Medeמָדַיpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Mede”H4076{Madai, a country of central Asia}Mede(-s).מְדִינְתָּ֖הmedinetahprovinceמְדִינָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, determined, definite article — “province”, the definite formH4083{properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region}province.מְגִלָּ֣הmegilahrollמְגִלָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “roll”, the ordinary formH4040{a roll}roll.חֲדָ֑הchadahfirstחַדadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH2298as card. one; as article single; as an ordinal, first; adverbially, at oncea, first, one, together.וְכֵןvekhenand thusכֵּןconjunction, adverb — “and thus”H3652sothus.כְּתִ֥יבketivwriteכְּתַבverb, qal passive, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “write”, a completed actionH3790{to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)}write(-ten).בְּגַוַּ֖הּbegavahin midstגַּוpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in midst”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1459the middlemidst, same, there-(where-) in.דִּכְרוֹנָֽהdikhronahrecordדִּכְרוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “record”, the definite formH1799a registerrecord.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And there was found at Ahmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written: 'A record.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written for a record:

Young’s Literal Translation

and there hath been found at Achmetha, in a palace that [is] in the province of Media, a roll, and a record thus written within it [is]:

World English Bible

A scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, and in it this was written for a record:

Darby Translation

And there was found at Achmetha in the fortress that is in the province of Media a roll, and therein was a record thus written:

Douay-Rheims

And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province of Media, a book in which this record was written.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And there was found at Ahmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written: 'A record.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And there was found in the city, in the palace, a volume, and this was the record written in it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εὑρέθη ἐν πόλει ἐν τῇ βάρει κεφαλὶς μία, καὶ τοῦτο γεγραμμένον ἐν αὐτῇ ὑπόμνημα.