H6540–פָּרַס–pa.ras

Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

פָּרָֽס׃ pa.Ras “Persia”

And the elders of the Jews builded and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

פָּרָֽס׃ pa.Ras “Persia”

PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

וּפָרָֽס׃ (פָרָֽס) fa.Ras “Persians”

Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

וּפָרַ֖ס (פָרַ֖ס) fa.Ras “[the] Persians”

Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's interdict: Hast thou not signed an interdict, that every man that shall make petition unto any god or man within thirty days, save unto thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

וּפָרַ֖ס (פָרַ֖ס) fa.Ras “[the] Persians”

Then these men assembled together unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

וּפָרַ֔ס (פָרַ֔ס) fa.Ras “[the] Persians”