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Ezra 4

Esd. 4:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now
k`an (Hebrew #3705)
now
KJV usage: now.
Pronounce: keh-an'
Origin: (Aramaic) probably from 3652
because
kol (Hebrew #3606)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 3605
KJV usage: all, any, + (forasmuch) as, + be-(for this) cause, every, + no (manner, -ne), + there (where)-fore, + though, what (where, who)-soever, (the) whole.
Pronounce: kole
qbel (Hebrew #6903)
(corresponding to 6905; (adverbially) in front of; usually (with other particles) on account of, so as, since, hence
KJV usage: + according to, + as, + because, before, + for this cause, + forasmuch as, + by this means, over against, by reason of, + that, + therefore, + though, + wherefore.
Pronounce: keb-ale'
Origin: (Aramaic) or qobel (Aramaic) {kob-ale'}
we ηhave
diy (Hebrew #1768)
that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of
KJV usage: X as, but, for(-asmuch +), + now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, + what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.
Pronounce: dee
Origin: (Aramaic) apparently for 1668
maintenance
mlach (Hebrew #4416)
salt
KJV usage: + maintenance, salt.
Pronounce: mel-akh'
Origin: (Aramaic) from 4415
mlach (Hebrew #4415)
to eat salt, i.e. (generally) subsist
KJV usage: + have maintenance.
Pronounce: mel-akh'
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 4414
from the king’s palace
heykal (Hebrew #1965)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 1964
KJV usage: palace, temple.
Pronounce: hay-kal'
, and it was not
la' (Hebrew #3809)
corresponding to 3808
KJV usage: or even, neither, no(-ne, -r), ((can-))not, as nothing, without.
Pronounce: law
Origin: (Aramaic) or lah (Aramaic) (Dan. 4:32) {law}
meet
'arak (Hebrew #749)
to suit
KJV usage: be meet.
Pronounce: ar-ak'
Origin: (Aramaic) properly, corresponding to 748, but used only in the sense of reaching to a given point
for us to see
chaza' (Hebrew #2370)
corresponding to 2372; to gaze upon; mentally to dream, be usual (i.e. seem)
KJV usage: behold, have (a dream), see, be wont.
Pronounce: khaz-aw'
Origin: (Aramaic) or chazah (Aramaic) {khaz-aw'}
the king’s
melek (Hebrew #4430)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 4428
dishonor
`arvah (Hebrew #6173)
nakedness, i.e. (figuratively) impoverishment
KJV usage: dishonor.
Pronounce: ar-vaw'
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 6172
, therefore
den (Hebrew #1836)
this
KJV usage: (afore-)time, + after this manner, here (-after), one...another, such, there(-fore), these, this (matter), + thus, where(-fore), which.
Pronounce: dane
Origin: (Aramaic) an orthographical variation of 1791
`al (Hebrew #5922)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 5921
KJV usage: about, against, concerning, for, (there-)fore, from, in, X more, of, (there-, up-)on, (in-)to, + why with.
Pronounce: al
have we sent
shlach (Hebrew #7972)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 7971
KJV usage: put, send.
Pronounce: shel-akh'
and certified
yda` (Hebrew #3046)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 3045
KJV usage: certify, know, make known, teach.
Pronounce: yed-ah'
the king
melek (Hebrew #4430)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 4428
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are salted with the salt of the palace.

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have maintenance, etc.
Chal. are salted with the salt of thepalace. Salt is reckoned among the principal necessaries of life, (Ecclus. 39:26 or 31;) hence, by a very natural figure, salt is used for food or maintenance in general.
I am well informed, says Mr. Parkhurst, that it is a common expression of the natives in the East Indies, "I eat such a one's salt," meaning, I am fed by him.
Salt was also, as it still is, among eastern nations, a symbol of friendship and hospitality; and hence, to eat a man's salt, is to be bound to him by the ties of friendship.and it was.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Now, since we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not right for us to see the king’s injury, therefore have we sent and informed the king;