Drift Bible

Aramaic word · H3660

כְּנֵ֫מָא

kenema'

thus

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

Appears 5 times in 5 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

Where it appears

Ezra · 5
  1. Ezra 4:8 כְּנֵֽמָא׃ as follows

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

  2. Ezra 5:4 כְּנֵ֖מָא as follows

    They also asked, “What are the names of the men who are constructing this building?”

  3. Ezra 5:9 כְּנֵ֖מָא as follows

    So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

  4. Ezra 5:11 וּכְנֵ֥מָא and as follows

    And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

  5. Ezra 6:13 כְּנֵ֖מָא accordingly

    In response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.

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