H0989–בְּטֵל–be.tel

Give an order now, that these men are to do nothing more, and that the building of the town is to be stopped, till I give an order.

לְבַטָּלָ֖א (בַטָּלָ֖א) va.ta.La' “make to cease”

Then, after reading the king's letter, Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their friends went quickly to Jerusalem, to the Jews, and had them stopped by force.

וּבַטִּ֥לוּ (בַטִּ֥לוּ) va.Ti.lu “they made to cease”

So the work of the house of God at Jerusalem came to an end; so it was stopped, till the second year of the rule of Darius, king of Persia.

בְּטֵלַת֙ be.te.Lat “it ceased”בָּֽטְלָ֔א ba.te.La' “ceasing”

But the eye of their God was on the chiefs of the Jews, and they did not make them give up working till the question had been put before Darius and an answer had come by letter about it.

בַטִּ֣לוּ va.Ti.lu “they made cease”

Further, I give orders as to what you are to do for the responsible men of the Jews in connection with the building of this house of God: that from the king's wealth, that is, from the taxes got together in the land over the river, the money needed is to

לְבַטָּלָֽא׃ (בַטָּלָֽא) va.ta.La' “make to cease”