Ezra 1:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ כּ֔וֹרֶשׁ הוֹצִ֖יא אֶת־כְּלֵ֣י בֵית־יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוֹצִ֤יא נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּר֙ מִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם בְּבֵ֥ית אֱלֹהָֽיו׃

Transliteration

And the melek kōreš hōṣî ʾeth-kǝlê bêth-YHWH which hōṣî nǝḇûkadneṣṣar from yǝrûšālaim and yittǝnēm in bêth ʾĕlōhāyw

Grammar Details

• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *ha*: definite article - the
• *melek*: masculine singular - king
• *kōreš*: proper noun - Cyrus
• *hōṣî*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular, hiphil - brought out
• *ʾeth*: direct object marker
• *kǝlê*: masculine plural construct - vessels of
• *bêth*: construct state, masculine singular - house of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *nǝḇûkadneṣṣar*: proper noun - Nebuchadnezzar
• *mi*: preposition - from
• *yǝrûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *wa*: consecutive conjunction
• *yittǝnēm*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal with waw consecutive and 3rd masculine plural suffix - put them/placed them
• *bə*: preposition - in
• *ʾĕlōhāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his gods

Word Meanings

• *hōṣî*: brought out/removed/took out
• *kǝlê*: vessels/articles/utensils
• *yittǝnēm*: put them/placed them/set them
• *ʾĕlōhāyw*: his gods/his deity [referring to pagan deity]

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 24:13 : 13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
• 2 Chr 36:7 : 7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
• Ezra 5:14 : 14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that [was] in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto [one], whose name [was] Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
• Ezra 6:5 : 5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, [every one] to his place, and place [them] in the house of God.
• 2 Chr 36:10 : 10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
• 2 Chr 36:18 : 18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all [these] he brought to Babylon.
• 2 Kgs 25:13-16 : 13 And the pillars of brass that [were] in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that [was] in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. 14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. 15 And the firepans, and the bowls, [and] such things as [were] of gold, [in] gold, and of silver, [in] silver, the captain of the guard took away. 16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
• Jer 27:21-22 : 21 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain [in] the house of the LORD, and [in] the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; 22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
• Jer 28:3-6 : 3 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: 4 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. 5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD, 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD'S house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.
• Dan 1:2 : 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
• Dan 5:2-3 : 2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which [was] in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. 3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which [was] at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
• Dan 5:23 : 23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath [is], and whose [are] all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: