Study it in the app“And Ezra rose from before the house of Elohim and went to the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and he went there; bread he did not eat, and water he did not drink, for he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.”
AndוַEzraעֶזְרָאroseיָּקָםfrom beforeמִלִּפְנֵיthe houseבֵּיתof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםand wentוַיֵּלֶךְtoאֶלthe chamberלִשְׁכַּתof Jehohananיְהוֹחָנָןthe sonבֶּןof Eliashib;אֶלְיָשִׁיבand he wentוַיֵּלֶךְthere;שָׁםbreadלֶחֶםhe did notלֹאeat,אָכַלand waterוּמַיִםhe did notלֹאdrink,שָׁתָהforכִּיhe was mourningמִתְאַבֵּלoverעַלthe unfaithfulnessמַעַלof the exiles.הַגּוֹלָה
Ezra
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” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearsroom, hall
Room in a building, for eating, storing things or lodging.
Where else “lishkat” appearsJehohanan
Jehohanan: name of several Israelites. It means "YHWH has been gracious."
Where else “yehochanan” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsEliashib
Eliashib: the name of several Israelites, among them a high priest of Nehemiah's time. The name means "God will bring back."
Where else “elyashiv” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achal” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “shata” appearsmourn
Mourn, grieve for the dead.
Where else “mitabel” appearsunfaithfulness
Unfaithfulness, a breach of trust.
Where else “maal” appearsexile, exiles
Exile: being taken by force from one's own land to live in that of another people; also the whole body of exiles (2 Kings 24:15-16; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezra 1:11).
Where else “gola” appears5And Ezra arose and put under oath the officials of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel to do according to this word; and they swore.
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7And they made a proclamation pass throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the sons of the exile to gather at Jerusalem,
