Tafsiran Ezra 4:11: Rashi

דְּנָה֙ פַּרְשֶׁ֣גֶן אִגַּרְתָּ֔א דִּ֚י שְׁלַ֣חוּ עֲל֔וֹהִי עַל־אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּא מַלְכָּ֑א עַבְדָ֛יךְ אֱנָ֥שׁ עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֖ה וּכְעֶֽנֶת׃ (פ)

Inilah salinan surat yang mereka kirimkan kepadanya, kepada Raja Artahsasta: Hamba-hambamu, orang-orang di seberang Sungai dan orang-orang Keenat.

Rashi

This is the meaning of the letter and this is the interpretation of the letter.
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Rashi

the meaning Aram. פַּרְשֶּׁגֶן like (Esther 3:14): “The meaning of (פַּתְשֶּׁגֶן) the writ.
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Rashi

that they sent to him [as translated,] that they sent to him.
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Rashi

to Artaxerxes [as translated,] to Artaxerxes.
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Rashi

Your servants are the people of the other side of the river and Ke’eneth The people of the other side of the river and the people of Ke’eneth are your servants. All the nations counted here are included in this generalization, for they were all on the side of the land of Israel, which is on the opposite side of the river of those dwelling in Babylon, and this is the beginning of the letter: “Your servants are the people of the other side of the river etc.” until, “...you will have no part.”
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