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and they finishedוַיְכַלּוּwith allבַכֹּלthe menאֲנָשִׁיםwhoהַhad marriedהֹשִׁיבוּforeignנָכְרִיּוֹתwomenנָשִׁיםbyעַדthe firstאֶחָדdayיוֹםof the firstלַ הָרִאשׁוֹןmonth.חֹדֶשׁ
Ezra 10:17
Study it in the app“and they finished with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 10:17, word by word
- and they finishedיְכַלּוּyechalu
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “yechalu” appears- the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- had marriedהֹשִׁיבוּhoshivu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “hoshivu” appears- foreignנָכְרִיּוֹתnachriyot
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachriyot” appears- womenנָשִׁיםnashim
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appears- the firstאֶחָדechad
first
Literally "one": day one of the month.
Where else “echad” appears- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of the firstרִאשׁוֹןrishon
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishon” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears
The context
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;
17 · This verse (above)
18And there were found among the sons of the priests who had married foreign women: of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.