וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֣ח בְּאַחְמְתָ֗א בְּבִֽירְתָ֛א דִּ֛י בְּמָדַ֥י מְדִינְתָּ֖ה מְגִלָּ֣ה חֲדָ֑ה וְכֵן־כְּתִ֥יב בְּגַוַּ֖הּ דִּכְרוֹנָֽה׃ (פ)
Es wurde nun gefunden in Ahmeta, in der Hauptstadt der Landschaft Madai, eine Rolle, und folgende Denkwürdigkeit war da aufgezeichnet:
Rashi on Ezra
And there was found in a pouch And a text of one scroll was found there in an אַחְמְתָא. So did the interpreters interpret, that it is a receptacle made for letters, written sheets and books, and they established it from the root of (Gen. 21:14): “a skin of water (וְחֵמַת מַיִם),” and the “aleph” in the word is not a radical, like the rest of the Aramaic language.
Rashi on Ezra
in the citadel in that citadel that was in the province of Media.
Rashi on Ezra
and so was written and so was written therein its memorandum.