ush.shar.na denotes the structure being completed in the questions about building the house.

In both occurrences, the determined masculine singular noun refers to the structure whose completion is questioned alongside the building of the house.

1. The structure being completed · dominant

   In Ezra 5:3 and Ezra 5:9, the same determined masculine singular form occurs in the question asking who authorized the building of the house and the completion of this structure. The APB renders the surrounding clause in both verses as “to build this house and to complete this structure.”

   Ezra 5:3Ezra 5:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the surrounding clause identically in Ezra 5:3 and Ezra 5:9 as “to build this house and to complete this structure.” Its exact English correspondence to the noun cannot be isolated with certainty.