Study it in the app“And while Ezra was praying and making confession, weeping and lying prostrate before the house of Elohim, a very great assembly from Israel gathered to him, men and women and children, for the people wept with much weeping.”
And whileוּכְEzraעֶזְרָאwas prayingהִתְפַּלֵּלand making confession,וּכְהִתְוַדֹּתוֹweepingבֹּכֶהand lying prostrateוּמִתְנַפֵּלbeforeלִפְנֵיthe houseבֵּיתof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםa veryמְאֹדgreatרַבassemblyקָהָלfrom Israelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵלgatheredנִקְבְּצוּto him,אֵלָיוmenאֲנָשִׁיםand womenוְנָשִׁיםand children,וִילָדִיםforכִּיthe peopleהָעָםweptבָכוּwith muchהַרְבֵּהweeping.בֶכֶה
Ezra
Ezra: a priest and scribe, a descendant of Aaron, who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem to teach the law. Also another man of the same name in Nehemiah. The name means "help".
Where else “ezra” appearspray
To talk with God, often asking for others.
Where else “hitpalel” appearsconfess
To own aloud before God and others one's own sins.
Where else “hitvadot” appearsweep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “boche” appearsfall prostrate
To fall facedown, or embrace someone.
Where else “mitnapel” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appearsgreat
Of great size or power; the one who stands out.
Where else “rav” appearsassembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsgather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “nikbtsu” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appearschild
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yladim” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsgreatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “harbe” appearsweeping
Weeping. "To weep with great weeping" is to weep bitterly.
Where else “veche” appears1 · This verse (above)
2Then Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our Elohim and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land; but now there is hope for Israel concerning this.
