Study it in the app“Then 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.”
ThenוַShecaniahשְׁכַנְיָהthe sonבֶןof Jehiel,יְחִיאֵלof the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Elam,עֵילָםansweredיַּעַןand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto Ezra,לְעֶזְרָא“Weאֲנַחְנוּhave been unfaithfulמָעַלְנוּto our Elohimבֵאלֹהֵינוּand have marriedוַנֹּשֶׁבforeignנָכְרִיּוֹתwomenנָשִׁיםfrom the peoplesמֵעַמֵּיof the land;הָאָרֶץbut nowוְעַתָּהthere isיֵשׁhopeמִקְוֶהfor Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵלconcerningעַלthis.זֹאת
Shecaniah
Shecaniah: name of several Israelites. It means "YHWH has dwelt."
Where else “shechanya” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsJehiel
Jehiel: name of several Israelites, among them Levite singers and temple officials, a son of King Jehoshaphat and others of Ezra's time. It means "may God live."
Where else “yechiel” appearsElam
Elam, a son of Shem; also the country east of Mesopotamia; also several Israelites.
Where else “elam” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsEzra
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” appearsbe unfaithful
Be unfaithful, break the loyalty owed; especially, keep for oneself what belongs to God.
Where else “maalnu” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “noshev” appearsforeign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachriyot” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ame” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearshope
What is awaited with confidence; YHWH is Israel's hope.
Where else “mikve” 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” appears“We have married”: the Hebrew says “we have made women dwell,” that is, given them a home as wives. It is the expression of this whole chapter.
1And 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.
2 · This verse (above)
3So now let us make a covenant with our Elohim to send out all the wives and those born of them, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our Elohim; and let it be done according to the law.
