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OnlyאַךְJonathanיוֹנָתָןthe sonבֶּןof Asahelעֲשָׂהאֵלand Jahzeiahוְיַחְזְיָהthe sonבֶןof Tikvahתִּקְוָהstoodעָמְדוּagainstעַלthis,זֹאתand Meshullamוּמְשֻׁלָּםand Shabbethaiוְשַׁבְּתַיthe Leviteהַלֵּוִיhelped them.עֲזָרֻם
Ezra 10:15
Study it in the app“Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood against this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 10:15, word by word
- Jonathanיוֹנָתָןyonatan
Jonathan
Jonathan: the name of several people; the best known are the son of King Saul, the friend of David, and the Levite who was priest of the Danites (Judges 18:30). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yonatan” appears- the sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Asahelעֲשָׂהאֵלasahel
Asahel
Asahel, the name of several men. The best known is the son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab and Abishai, very swift of foot, whom Abner killed (2 Samuel 2:18-23). It means "God has made".
Where else “asahel” appears- and Jahzeiahיַחְזְיָהyachzya
Jahzeiah
Jahzeiah: a name meaning "YHWH sees". Son of Tikvah, named in Ezra 10:15.
Where else “yachzya” appears- of Tikvahתִּקְוָהtikva
Tikvah
Tikvah. A personal name meaning "hope." Father of Shallum, the husband of the prophetess Huldah (2 Kings 22:14). Another man in Ezra 10:15 also bears it.
Where else “tikva” appears- stoodעָמְדוּamdu
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amdu” appears- and Meshullamמְשֻׁלָּםmeshulam
Meshullam
Meshullam: a very frequent name, from the root of "peace, be complete." In 2 Kings 22:3 the grandfather of Shaphan the scribe; also borne by many men of the time of Ezra and Nehemiah.
Where else “meshulam” appears- and Shabbethaiשַׁבְּתַיshabtay
Shabbethai
Shabbethai: the name of a Levite of the time of Ezra and Nehemiah. It comes from "shabbat".
Where else “shabtay” appears- the Leviteלֵּוִיlevi
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “levi” appears- helped themעֲזָרֻazaru
help
To stand beside someone to give him strength or free him from a bind.
Where else “azaru” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew says “stood over this”: it can be understood that they opposed it or, on the contrary, that they took charge of it.
The context
14Please, let our officials stand for all the assembly, and let all who in our cities have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of each city and its judges, until the burning anger of our Elohim is turned away from us over this matter.”
15 · This verse (above)
16And the sons of the exile did so. And there were set apart Ezra the priest and men, heads of the fathers’ houses, according to their fathers’ house, and all of them by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to inquire into the matter;