H5831 H5831
Ezra; the name of the scribe and priest who led post-exilic reform, mentioned here in Aramaic sections
These three occurrences appear in the Aramaic portions of Ezra 7, where Artaxerxes' decree commissions Ezra the priest and scribe to lead the second major return to Jerusalem. The name 'Ezra' (meaning 'help') appears in the official Persian imperial correspondence authorizing Ezra to teach the law, appoint judges, and administer justice according to 'the law of your God and the law of the king.' The Aramaic sections preserve the administrative documentation of Persian support for the restoration community, giving Ezra extraordinary authority to restore proper Torah observance among the returned exiles.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Three occurrences in Ezra 7:12, 21, 25, all within Artaxerxes' Aramaic decree. The multilingual evidence shows standard transliteration of the name. What's striking is the formal, official tone: this is Ezra in Persian imperial documents, not in Hebrew narrative. The Aramaic context underscores the political reality that enabled the post-exilic religious reforms—Persian imperial policy supporting local religious laws as a strategy for provincial stability. 3×
AR["عَزْرا", "لِ-عَزْرا"]·ben["ইষ্রা", "ইষ্রাকে"]·DE["Esra", "zu-Esra"]·EN["Ezra", "to-Ezra"]·FR["Esdras", "[לעזרא]"]·heb["ל-עזרא", "עזרא"]·HI["एज्रा", "एज्रा-को"]·ID["Ezra", "kepada-Ezra"]·IT["Esdra", "[לעזרא]"]·jav["Ezra", "dhateng-Ezra"]·KO["에게-에스라", "에스라"]·PT["Ezra", "a-Ezra"]·RU["Эзра", "Эзре"]·ES["Ezra", "a-Ezra"]·SW["Ezra", "kwa-Ezra"]·TR["Ezra", "Ezraya"]·urd["عزرا", "لے-عزرا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עֶזְרָא n.pr.m. Ezra (BH id.);—Ezr 7:12, 21, 25.