00153 >edra< EZR-4:23 force ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ 00153 EZR 004 023 Now <00116 +>edayin > when the copy <06573 +parshegen > of king <04430 +melek > Artaxerxes <00783 +>Artachshashta> > letter <05407 +nisht@van > [ was ] read <07123 +q@ra> > before <06925 +qodam > Rehum <07348 +R@chuwm > , and Shimshai <08124 +Shimshay > the scribe <05613 +capher > , and their companions <03675 +k@nath > , they went <00236 +>azal > up in haste <00924 +b@hiyluw > to Jerusalem <03390 +Y@ruwshalem ( Chald ) > unto the Jews <03062 +Y@huwda>iy > , and made them to cease <00989 +b@tel > by force <{00153} +>edra< > and power <02429 +chayil > . ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~