תָּםtâm
there (Ezra 5:17; Ezra 6:1; Ezra 6:12; Ezra 6:6)
Pronunciation: tawm · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8536
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 5:17 “Therefore, if it pleases the king, we request that a search be made in the royal archives of Babylon to discover whether King Cyrus ever issued a decree to rebuild God’s Temple in Jerusalem. And then let the king send us his decision in this matter.”
- Ezra 6:1 So King Darius issued orders that a search be made in the Babylonian archives, which were stored in the treasury.
- Ezra 6:6 So King Darius sent this message: “Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River, and Shethar-bozenai, and your colleagues and other officials west of the Euphrates River—stay away from there!
- Ezra 6:12 May the God who has chosen the city of Jerusalem as the place to honor his name destroy any king or nation that violates this command and destroys this Temple. “I, Darius, have issued this decree. Let it be obeyed with all diligence.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).