Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #218793

Aramaic

OSHB Ezra 4:20 עֲבַר (ˊₐⱱar) Strongs=5675 Lemma=‘עֲבַר’
contextual word gloss=‘the_region_beyond’ word gloss=‘province_beyond’
Aramaic Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun
Year=-522

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Other uses (1) of identical word form עֲבַר (Aramaic Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘עֲבַר’ (Aramaic Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) has 2 different glosses: ‘of_the_region_beyond’, ‘the_region_beyond’.

EZRA 6:8 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_region_beyond’ word gloss=‘province_beyond’ OSHB EZRA 6:8 word 19

OET-LV: 8 And_from_me a _decree it _is _made to_whatever that you(pl)_will _do with the _elders _of the _Yəhūdī these to_ the _house _of _build the_god this and_from_the _properti(es)_of Oh/the_king which is_the _tribute _of the _region _beyond the_river diligently the_expense let _it _be given to_the_men these that not to_make _to _cease. (EZR_6:8)

OET-RV: 8 So here’s my decree about what should be done for those Jewish elders to build that house of God: Using the king’s treasures that come from the tribute of that west-Euphrates province, let those workers costs be regularly reimbursed so that the work doesn’t stop. (EZR 6:8)