יֵשׁ֨וּעַyê·šū·a‘Then JeshuaH3442 √ Yêshûwaʻ — Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in PalestineNounpropermasculine singular
√ bên — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etcNounmasculine singular construct
יֽוֹצָדָ֜קyō·w·ṣā·ḏāqof JozadakH3136 √ Yôwtsâdâq — Jotsadak, an IsraeliteNounpropermasculine singular
וְאֶחָ֣יוwə·’e·ḥāwand his fellowH251 √ ʼâch — a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))Conjunctive wawNounmasculine plural constructthird person masculine singular
הַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםhak·kō·hă·nîmpriestsH3548 √ kôhên — literally one officiating, a priestArticleNounmasculine plural
וּזְרֻבָּבֶ֤לū·zə·rub·bā·ḇelalong with ZerubbabelH2216 √ Zᵉrubbâbel — Zerubbabel, an IsraeliteConjunctive wawNounpropermasculine singular
√ bên — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etcNounmasculine singular construct
שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל֙šə·’al·tî·’êlof ShealtielH7597 √ Shᵉʼaltîyʼêl — Shealtiel, an IsraeliteNounpropermasculine singular
וְאֶחָ֔יוwə·’e·ḥāwand his associatesH251 √ ʼâch — a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))Conjunctive wawNounmasculine plural constructthird person masculine singular
וַיָּקָם֩way·yā·qāmbeganH6965 √ qûwm — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)Conjunctive wawVerbQalConsecutive imperfectthird person masculine singular
qûwm: to rise, stand up A singular verb heading a plural act. In Ezra the verb of rising is the hinge between decree and deed (compare Ezra 1:5, where the heads of fathers' houses rise to go up). Here the priest rises first and the altar follows, which is the whole order of the chapter: worship is restored before walls are.
וַיִּבְנ֕וּway·yiḇ·nūto buildH1129 √ bânâh — to build (literally and figuratively)Conjunctive wawVerbQalConsecutive imperfectthird person masculine plural
√ ʼêth — properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)Direct object marker
מִזְבַּ֖חmiz·baḥthe altarH4196 √ mizbêach — an altarNounmasculine singular construct
mizbêach: an altar The noun is built from the root “to slaughter,” so the object is named by what happens on it. Ellicott makes the structural point: “The Temple was, as it were, built around the altar, as the centre of all.” Cambridge adds that “the altar of the God of Israel” recalls “the unity of the divided and scattered people,” since the returnees are a fragment of twelve tribes using the whole nation's name.
אֱלֹהֵ֣י’ĕ·lō·hêof the GodH430 √ ʼĕlôhîym — gods in the ordinary senseNounmasculine plural construct
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyiś·rā·’êlof IsraelH3478 √ Yisrâʼêl — Jisrael, a symbolical name of JacobNounproperfeminine singular
לְהַעֲל֤וֹתlə·ha·‘ă·lō·wṯto sacrificeH5927 √ ʻâlâh — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount)Preposition-lVerbHifilInfinitive construct
ʻâlâh (Hifil): to cause to ascend The causative stem makes the offerers the agents of an ascent they cannot themselves make. Everything in this unit that goes up is expressed by this root or its noun: vv. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 all turn on it, so the chapter's whole restored liturgy is one repeated verb of rising.
עֹל֔וֹת‘ō·lō·wṯburnt offeringsH5930 √ ʻôlâh — a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending)Nounfeminine plural
ʻôlâh: that which ascends, the whole burnt offering Strong's glosses the noun as “a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending),” which is the same idea seen from below: the offering is the stair. It is the one sacrifice wholly consumed, retaining nothing for the offerer, and JFB reads its urgency here as “first, to make atonement for their sins; secondly, to obtain the divine blessing on their preparations for the temple.”
√ ʻal — above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsPrepositionthird person masculine singular
כַּכָּת֕וּבkak·kā·ṯūḇas it is writtenH3789 √ kâthab — to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)Preposition-k, ArticleVerbQalQalPassParticiplemasculine singular
kâthab: to engrave, write, prescribe The written Torah, not the memory of the elders, is the warrant. Pulpit specifies the legal content: “See Leviticus 17:2-6; Deuteronomy 12:5-11. It was an express command of God to the Israelites that sacrifice should be offered only at Jerusalem.” That is why the altar had to be here, on this site, and not in Babylon.
בְּתוֹרַ֖תbə·ṯō·w·raṯin the LawH8451 √ tôwrâh — a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or PentateuchPreposition-bNounfeminine singular construct
מֹשֶׁ֥הmō·šehof MosesH4872 √ Môsheh — Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiverNounpropermasculine singular
√ ʼîysh — a man as an individual or a male personNounmasculine singular construct
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃hā·’ĕ·lō·hîmof GodH430 √ ʼĕlôhîym — gods in the ordinary senseArticleNounmasculine plural
ʼĕlôhîym: God The construct chain ʼîysh-hā-ʼĕlōhîm, “man of the God,” is a title, not a description. Cambridge and Pulpit both note it is characteristic of the Chronicler's idiom for Moses (1 Chronicles 23:14; 2 Chronicles 30:16), and Ellicott ranks it with the same usage for David in Nehemiah 12:24, 36. The lawgiver is cited by an office, which makes the law he wrote binding on a community with no king.