Study it in the app“So 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.”
So nowוְעַתָּהlet us makeנִכְרָתa covenantבְּרִיתwith our Elohimלֵאלֹהֵינוּto send outלְהוֹצִיאallכָלthe wivesנָשִׁיםand those bornוְהַנּוֹלָדof them,מֵהֶםaccording to the counselבַּעֲצַתof my lordאֲדֹנָיand of those who trembleוְהַחֲרֵדִיםat the commandmentבְּמִצְוַתof our Elohim;אֱלֹהֵינוּand let it be doneוְ יֵעָשֶׂהaccording to the law.כַתּוֹרָה
make a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “nichrat” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” appearsbring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsi” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appearsbe born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “nolad” appearscounsel
What is said to someone to help him decide what to do.
Where else “atsat” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adona” appearstrembling, afraid
Trembling with fear, afraid. Elsewhere, one who trembles with reverence at the word of God (Isaiah 66:2).
Where else “charedim” appearscommandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvat” appearscarry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “yease” appearslaw
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “tora” appears“My lord” seems to be Ezra. The word is written with the vowels of “Adonai,” the name by which God is called, so that it can also be read “according to the counsel of Adonai.”
2Then 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.
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4Arise, for the matter is upon you, and we are with you; be strong and do it.”
