Drift Bible

Aramaic word · H104

אִגְּרָא

'igarta'

letter

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

Where it appears

Ezra · 3

  1. Ezra 4:8 אִגְּרָ֥ה a letter

    Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:

  2. Ezra 4:11 אִגַּרְתָּ֔א letter the

    (This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:

  3. Ezra 5:6 אִ֠גַּרְתָּא letter the

    This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.

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