TBESH · H0107
אִגֶּ֫רֶת · ig.ge.ret · letter
letter, missive Aramaic equivalent: ig.g.ra (אִגְּרָא "letter" H0104)
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אִגֶּ֫רֶת (ig.ge.ret) means “letter” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ig-eh'-reth Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
אִגֶּ֫רֶת · ig.ge.ret · letter
letter, missive Aramaic equivalent: ig.g.ra (אִגְּרָא "letter" H0104)
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feminine of H104 (אִגְּרָא); an epistle
KJV glosses: letter.
Open Scriptures transcription · CC BY-SA
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| letters | 4 |
| letter | 3 |
| and may i have a letter | 1 |
| may letters | 1 |
| with letters | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| letters | 4 |
| letter | 2 |
| and a letter | 1 |
| let letters | 1 |
| of this letter | 1 |
| with the letters | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 10 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Read word by wordAt the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
Read word by wordI also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
Read word by wordAnd may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
Read word by wordThen I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.
Read word by wordThe fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter
Read word by wordAlso in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters kept coming to them.
Read word by wordMoreover, these nobles kept reporting to me Tobiah’s good deeds, and they relayed my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.
Read word by wordTherefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,
Read word by wordSo Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.
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