What Does Ezra 6:13 Mean?
Then Tatnai, governor across the river, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.THE KEY
The word sent outward becomes visible in the speed with which it is carried through.
THE MEANING
A message reaches the people who carry it, and its effect appears in their response. The verse speaks to the moment when something already sent is received and carried through without delay.
THE ROOT
שְׁלַח
shelach
GROWS FROM
שׁלח
shalach
To send forth, release, or let go.
The Aramaic word translated “sent” shares the שׁלח seed with Hebrew words for sending and release. The verse’s motion runs from a word released outward to the people who receive it and put it into action.
ALSO GROWS
shalach: Send forth; release.
שָׁלַח
This Hebrew verb shares the root and makes the outward movement in “sent” audible.
shilleach: Send away; let go.
שִׁלֵּחַ
This form brings out the release held within the root: what is sent is let go from its source.
shulchan: Table; a spread or provision set out.
שֻׁלְחָן
The table extends provision outward, echoing the root’s movement of sending forth.
THE PATTERN
A message gains force as it travels through those who carry it into action.
He sends his utterance upon the earth; his word runs very swiftly.For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.And he arose and went; and behold, an Ethiopian eunuch, an official of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to bow down.THE THREAD
He sends his word and heals them, and slips them free from their pits.“Sent” carries the same שׁלח root as the word in this verse. Here the sent word brings healing and deliverance; in Ezra, the sent word moves its recipients to act.
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