Ezra 10:44

“All these had taken foreign wives, and there were among them wives by whom they had had children.”

Ezra 10:44 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezra 10:44, word by word

had takenנָשְׂאוּnasu

take

To get something; with "a wife", to marry.

Where else “nasu” appears
foreignנָכְרִיּוֹתnachriyot

foreign, stranger

Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.

Where else “nachriyot” appears
wivesנָשִׁיםnashim

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

Where else “nashim” appears
by whom they had hadיָּשִׂימוּyasimu

General meaning: Put, set; establish.

Where else “yasimu” appears
childrenבָּנִיםbanim

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “banim” appears

Translation note

The end of the verse is difficult; the Hebrew says: “and there are of them wives, and they set sons.”

The context

43Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai and Joel, Benaiah.

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