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And allוַ כָלthe assemblyהַקָּהָלansweredיַּעְנוּand saidוַיֹּאמְרוּwith a loudגָּדוֹלvoice,קוֹל“That is right:כֵּןaccording to your wordכִּדְבָרְךָit is oursעָלֵינוּto do.לַעֲשׂוֹת
Ezra 10:12
Study it in the app“And all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, “That is right: according to your word it is ours to do.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 10:12, word by word
- the assemblyקָּהָלkahal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appears- answeredיַּעְנוּyanu
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yanu” appears- and saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- with a loudגָּדוֹלgadol
loud
Very intense: a mighty cry, great fear.
Where else “gadol” appears- voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- according to your wordדְבָרְdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears
The context
11So now, give acknowledgment to YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, and do his will, and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign women.”
12 · This verse (above)
13But the people are many, and it is the time of rains, and there is no strength to stand outside; and the work is not for one day nor for two, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.