Ezra 10:18

“And 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.”

Ezra 10:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezra 10:18, word by word

And there were foundיִּמָּצֵאyimatse

find

To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.

Where else “yimatse” appears
among the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “bene” appears
of the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

Where else “kohanim” 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
of Jeshuaיֵשׁוּעַyeshua

Jeshua

Jeshua: name of several Israelites; above all the high priest who returned with Zerubbabel, also a priest head of the ninth division, Levites and others; also a town of Judah. It is a late form of the name Joshua and means "YHWH saves"; from it comes the name "Jesus."

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of Jozadakיוֹצָדָקyotsadak

Jozadak

Jozadak: a proper name meaning "YHWH is righteous". He was the father of Jeshua, the high priest who returned from the exile with Zerubbabel. It is the short form of the name Jehozadak.

Where else “yotsadak” appears
and his brothersאֶחָיechay

countryman

Someone of the same people, or a friend.

Where else “echay” appears
Maaseiahמַעֲשֵׂיָהmaaseya

Maaseiah

Maaseiah: name of many Israelites. It means "work of YHWH."

Where else “maaseya” appears
Eliezerאֱלִיעֶזֶרeliezer

Eliezer

Eliezer, the name of Abram's trusted servant from Damascus and of several Israelites, among them a son of Moses and a prophet.

Where else “eliezer” appears
Jaribיָרִיבyariv

Jarib

Jarib: the name of several Israelites: a son of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:24) and two men of Ezra's time.

Where else “yariv” appears
and Gedaliahגְדַלְיָהgedalya

Gedaliah

Gedaliah. A personal name meaning "YHWH is great." Son of Ahikam; the king of Babylon set him over the people left in Judah, and he was killed at Mizpah by Ishmael (2 Kings 25:22-25; Jeremiah 40–41). Other men also bear it.

Where else “gedalya” appears

The context

17and they finished with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.

18 · This verse (above)

19And they gave their hand to send out their wives, and, being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

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