An Aramaic word meaning scroll or book-roll, appearing in Ezra 6:2. During the search for Cyrus's decree authorizing temple rebuilding, a scroll was found in the citadel at Ecbatana. This refers to the physical format of ancient documents—leather or papyrus sheets rolled around a rod. The discovery of this scroll provided legal proof of Persian authorization for the temple project. The term is the Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew word for scroll.