Tanach
Ezra 5:11-12 עזרא ה׳:י״א-י״ב
Part of: Chapter 5
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וּכְנֵמָא פִתְגָמָא הֲתִיבוּנָא לְמֵמַר אֲנַחְנָא הִמּוֹ עַבְדוֹהִי דִֽי־אֱלָהּ שְׁמַיָּא וְאַרְעָא וּבָנַיִן בַּיְתָא דִּֽי־הֲוָא בְנֵה מִקַּדְמַת דְּנָה שְׁנִין שַׂגִּיאָן וּמֶלֶךְ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל רַב בְּנָהִי וְשַׁכְלְלֵֽהּ׃
And they answered us as follows: "We are the servants of the G-d of heaven and earth, and we are [re] building the house which had been built many years before this, which a great king in Israel [(Solomon)] had built and completed.
And they answered us as follows: "We are the servants of the G-d of heaven and earth, and we are [re] building the house which had been built many years before this, which a great king in Israel [(Solomon)] had built and completed.
Rashi
התיבונא. השיבו לנו דבר:
they gave us a reply They answered us a word.
אנחנא המו. אנחנו הם עבדיו של אלהי השמים והארץ:
We are We are the servants of the God of the heavens and the earth.
ובנין ביתא. ואנו בונין הבית אשר היה בנוי קודם לכן שנים רבות:
and we are building the House And we are building the House that was built many years ago.
ומלך לישראל רב. ומלך גדול שהיה לישראל הוא שלמה המלך בנה אותו ויסד אותו:
and a great king of Israel And a great king that Israel had, viz. King Solomon, built it and founded it.
לָהֵן מִן־דִּי הַרְגִּזוּ אֲבָהָתַנָא לֶאֱלָהּ שְׁמַיָּא יְהַב הִמּוֹ בְּיַד נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל (כסדיא) [כַּסְדָּאָה] וּבַיְתָה דְנָה סַתְרֵהּ וְעַמָּה הַגְלִי לְבָבֶֽל׃ {פ}
But now, because our fathers had angered the G-d of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nevuchadnezzar, king of Bavel, the Kasdian, and he destroyed that house and exiled the people to Bavel.
But now, because our fathers had angered the G-d of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nevuchadnezzar, king of Bavel, the Kasdian, and he destroyed that house and exiled the people to Bavel.
Rashi
להן. ועכשיו מפני אשר הכעיסו אבותינו לאלהי השמים מסר אותם ביד מלך בבל הכשדי והבית הזה החריב ואת העם הגלה לבבל:
But now But now, since our forefathers angered the God of the heavens, He delivered them into the hands of the Chaldean king of Babylon, and he destroyed this House and exiled the people to Babylon.
וכנמא פתגמא. כמו שנאמר הדבר:
And as follows Aram. וּכְנֵמָא, as we shall state the matter.