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toll, custom, tax; Aramaic
An Aramaic fiscal term denoting taxes or tolls imposed by imperial authority. It appears in Ezra's correspondence about Persian revenue concerns: opponents warn that Jerusalem will not pay 'toll, custom, or tribute' (Ezra 4:13, 20), and Artaxerxes exempts temple personnel from such levies (Ezra 7:24). The Spanish y-peaje, French contribution, and German Toll-related glosses all reflect taxation vocabulary. This is administrative language from the Achaemenid bureaucracy.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A fiscal term for tolls or taxes in three Ezra passages (Ezra 4:13, 20; 7:24). The context is Persian imperial revenue and exemptions for temple workers. Multilingual glosses converge on taxation semantics (toll, peaje, contribution), reflecting the administrative register of Aramaic correspondence under Persian rule. 3×
AR["وَ-رَسْم", "وَ-عُشُورًا", "وَ-عُشُورٌ"]·ben["আর-উপহার", "আর-মাসুল"]·DE["und-ging"]·EN["and-custom", "and-toll"]·FR["et-contribution"]·heb["ו-הלך"]·HI["और-चुंगी", "या-चुंगी"]·ID["dan-bea-cukai"]·IT["e-contribuzione"]·jav["boten", "dipun-caosaken", "lan-bea"]·KO["그리고-통행세"]·PT["e-pedágio"]·RU["и-пошлина", "и-пошлину"]·ES["y-peaje"]·SW["na-ada"]·TR["ve-gumruk"]·urd["اور-محصول"]
Related Senses
H5414 1. give, bestow (1855×)H3947 1. take, seize, grasp (Qal) (940×)G2192 1. possess / have (680×)G1325 1. give, bestow (336×)H5159 1. inherited land or property (170×)G2983 1. receive, obtain (134×)H3423 1. Qal: take possession of land (130×)G2983 2. take, take up (113×)G2398 1. one's own, belonging to oneself (91×)G3860 1. hand over, deliver to custody (78×)H7998 1. spoil, plunder, booty (74×)G1325 2. be given, be granted (70×)H5414 2. put, place, set (68×)H7999a 1. pay, repay, recompense (63×)H7069 1. Buy, purchase (59×)H1892 1. vanity, futility, absurdity (58×)H5159 2. heritage as covenant portion (52×)H6299 1. redeem or ransom (Qal active) (49×)H4376 1. Sell (Qal active) (47×)H1350a 1. Redeem, buy back (46×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† הֲלָךְ (K§ 57 α)) n.[m.] toll;—Ezr 4:13, 20; 7:24.