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How Hebrew Uses Participles and Shared Verbs to Create a Claim of Religious Unity
Ezra 4:2
וַיִּגְּשׁ֨וּ אֶל־זְרֻבָּבֶ֜ל וְאֶל־רָאשֵׁ֣י הָֽאָבֹ֗ות וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ לָהֶם֙ נִבְנֶ֣ה עִמָּכֶ֔ם כִּ֣י כָכֶ֔ם נִדְרֹ֖ושׁ לֵֽאלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם וְלֹא אֲנַ֣חְנוּ זֹבְחִ֗ים מִימֵי֙ אֵסַ֤ר חַדֹּן֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר הַמַּעֲלֶ֥ה אֹתָ֖נוּ פֹּֽה׃
1. Transliteration
Vayyiggəshû ʾel-Zərubbāvel veʾel-rāʾshê hāʾāvōt vayyōmerû lāhem, nivneh ʿimmākhem, kî khākhem nidrōsh lēʾloheikhem, velōʾ ʾanaḥnû zōvḥîm mîmê ʾEsar Ḥaddōn melekh ʾAshshûr, hammaʿăleh ʾōtānû pōh.
2. Literal Translation
And they approached Zerubbāvel and the heads of the fathers, and they said to them, “Let us build with you, for like you we seek your God, and we ourselves are sacrificing from the days of Esar-Ḥaddōn king of Ashshur, the one bringing us up here.”… Learn Hebrew