Tanach
Ezra 5:3-5 עזרא ה׳:ג׳-ה׳
Part of: Chapter 5
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בֵּהּ־זִמְנָא אֲתָה עֲלֵיהוֹן תַּתְּנַי פַּחַת עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָה וּשְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי וּכְנָוָתְהוֹן וְכֵן אָמְרִין לְהֹם מַן־שָׂם לְכֹם טְעֵם בַּיְתָא דְנָה לִבְּנֵא וְאֻשַּׁרְנָא דְנָה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה׃
At that time there came to them Tatnai, the governor of this side of the river and Shethar-boznai and their confederates, and thus did they say to them: "Who authorized you to build this house and to found these walls?"
At that time there came to them Tatnai, the governor of this side of the river and Shethar-boznai and their confederates, and thus did they say to them: "Who authorized you to build this house and to found these walls?"
Rashi
פחת עבר נהרה. שלטון של עבר הנהר:
the governor of the other side of the river [as translated,] the governor of the other side of the river.
וכנותהון. וסיעתהון:
and their companies [as translated,] and their companies.
וכן אמרין להום. וכן היו אומרים להם:
and so they said to them [as translated,] and so they said to them.
מן שם. מי צוה לכם דבר הבית לבנות:
Who issued to you Who ordered you, regarding the matter of building the Temple?
ואושרנא דנה לשכללה. הכתלים האלה ליסד כמו ואושיא יחיטו (לעיל ד') ובנין חומות לבנים כך תברו מנחם:
and to found these walls Aram. וְאֻשַּׁרְנָא, and to found these walls, like (4:12): “and the walls (וְאֻשַּׁיָא) they have joined,” the building of walls of bricks (לְבֵנִים) so did Menahem (p. 36) associate it.
אֱדַיִן כְּנֵמָא אֲמַרְנָא לְּהֹם מַן־אִנּוּן שְׁמָהָת גֻּבְרַיָּא דִּֽי־דְנָה בִנְיָנָא בָּנַֽיִן׃
Then, thus did they [(Tatnai, etc.)] say to them: "What are the names of the men building this house?"
Then, thus did they [(Tatnai, etc.)] say to them: "What are the names of the men building this house?"
Rashi
אדין. אז:
Then [as translated,] then.
כנמא. כאשר נאמר:
as we will say [as translated,] as we will say.
אמרנא להום. אמרו להם לישראל אותן צרי יהודה ובנימין:
they said to them Those adversaries of Judah and Benjamin said to them [i.e.,] to Israel.
מן אינון. מי הם שמות האנשים:
What are What are the names of the men?
די דנה. אשר זה הבנין הם בונים:
who...this who are building this building.
וְעֵין אֱלָהֲהֹם הֲוָת עַל־שָׂבֵי יְהוּדָיֵא וְלָא־בַטִּלוּ הִמּוֹ עַד־טַעְמָא לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ יְהָךְ וֶאֱדַיִן יְתִיבוּן נִשְׁתְּוָנָא עַל־דְּנָֽה׃ {פ}
And the eye of their G-d was upon the elders of the Jews, and they [granted their request and] did not stop them [from building] until the matter could be referred to Darius, when they [(the Jews)] would reply to it [(to Darius's)] answer.
And the eye of their G-d was upon the elders of the Jews, and they [granted their request and] did not stop them [from building] until the matter could be referred to Darius, when they [(the Jews)] would reply to it [(to Darius's)] answer.
Rashi
ועין אלההום. ועינו של הקב"ה שהוא אלהיהם היתה על זקני היהודים להעלותם במלאכת הבנין:
And the eye of their God And the eye of the Holy One, blessed be He, Who is their God, was on the elders of the Jews to upraise them (sic) in the work of the building.
ולא בטלו המו. ולא בטלו הם את הבונים:
and they did not stop them And they did not stop the builders.
עד טעמא לדריוש יהך. והשיבו זקני היהודים דבר לאותן הצרים שלא יבטלו את הבנין עד אשר ילך הדבר לדריוש המלך:
until the matter came to Darius And the elders of the Jews answered a word to those adversaries that they should not stop the building until the matter would go to King Darius.
ואדין יתיבון. ואז ישיבו היהודים כתב הנשתון על כך על תשובתו של דריוש:
and then they would answer And then the Jews would answer the writ of the letter concerning this, concerning Darius’ reply.
בה זמנא אתה עליהון. באותו הזמן באו עליהם הללו צרי יהודה ובנימין לקנתר ולהלשין עליהם על עסק הבנין:
At that time, there came upon them At that time, there came upon them these adversaries of Judah and Benjamin to accuse and to slander them regarding the matter of the building.